How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Paperback Julia Alvarez - ACCEPTABLE

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Book Title: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Item Length: 9.8 in ISBN: 0452268060 Format: Paperback Item Height: 0.6 in Author: Julia Alvarez Publisher: Plume Edition: Reprint Item Weight: 0.4 lbs Original Language: English Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults Type: Novel Genre: Drama, Realistic Fiction, Comedy, Coming of Age Publication Year: 1992 Number of Pages: 304 gtin13: 0452268060 Topic: Coming of Age, Culture, Family Life, Languages, Language Skills, Love, School, Hispanic & Latino, General, Literary, Emigration, Immigration, Dominican Republic, Sex, Bigotry, Politics, Freedom, Privilege, Roman Catholicism Language: English Item Width: 5.9 in Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Era: 1990s Narrative Type: Fiction

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This book is the story of the 4 García sisters - Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofía. The book is split into 3 parts, and those parts are arranged in reverse chronological order. The sisters are born in the Dominican Republic, but soon immigrate to the United States. There, they go to school, date, and experience many other aspects of life. What will their experiences teach them? And how much of their native culture will they retain?