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  <id type="integer">11206</id>
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    <![CDATA[In the Time of the Butterflies]]>
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    <![CDATA[A fictional account of the young lives of Mirabal sisters Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa, otherwise known in the Dominican Republic as <em>Las Mariposas, </em>describes their suffering and martyrdom in the last days of the Trujillo dictatorship. Reprint. Tour. <em>PW. </em>]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1995</published>
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    <![CDATA[How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents]]>
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    <![CDATA[Fifteen tales vividly chronicle a Dominican family's exile in the Bronx, focusing on the four Garcia daughters' rebellion against their immigrant elders. <br/>]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1991</published>
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  <id type="integer">286843</id>
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    <![CDATA[Yo!: A Novel]]>
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    <![CDATA[The center of many lives, thrice-married writer Yolanda Garci+a7a celebrates her fame while entangling others in her web, in a story that is told from the viewpoints of the confused people whose lives she touches.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1997</published>
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  <id type="integer">11210</id>
  <isbn>0452282438</isbn>
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    <![CDATA[In the Name of Salome]]>
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  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
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    <![CDATA[It's 1960, and 65-year-old Camila Ureña decides to join the New  World. Castro's new world, that is, which she has been following on the news with a heated excitement she hasn't felt for years. Forced into early retirement from her 20-year post as a Spanish teacher among the perky white girls of Vassar College, Camila faces a choice: whether to move to Florida and live down the block from her best friend or to fly over Florida and into Havana where her brothers live--and thereby land in a place of upheaval and hungry ghosts. The hungriest ghost of all is Camila's mother, Salomé Ureña, whose poems became inspirational anthems for a short-lived revolution in the late-19th-century Dominican Republic.<p>  Based in fact, <em>In the Name of Salomé</em> alternates between Camila's story and her mother's. Camila's chapters are written in the third person, Salomé's in the first. By calling Camila &quot;she,&quot; Alvarez alienates her within the text--as if in her attic at Vassar she is floating outside herself in an America that does not belong to her. In contrast, Salomé's chapters vibrate with life and tears and melodrama. Through the alternating voices, which Alvarez handles masterfully, the reader comes to grasp Camila's longing for the color and music of her mother's lost world--how the meek daughter wishes &quot;she&quot; could become the &quot;I&quot; of her mother's revolutionary and passionate life as a poet, which began under a pseudonym, Herminia, in a local political paper: <blockquote> Each time there was a new poem by Herminia in the paper, Mamá would close the front shutters of the house and read it in a whisper to the rest of us. She was delighted with the brave Herminia. I felt guilty keeping this secret from her, but I knew if I told her, all her joy would turn to worry. </blockquote> Yet for Salomé, her pseudonym allows her to become the voice of a country, &quot;and with every link she cracked open for la patria, she was also setting me free.&quot; <em>--Emily White</em></p>]]>
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    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>16256</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
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  </authors>  <published>2000</published>
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    <![CDATA[Saving the World]]>
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    <![CDATA[Julia Alvarez is the author of five works of fiction, among them <em>In the Time of the Butterflies</em> and <em>How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents</em>, books for children, essays, and poetry. <em>Saving the World</em> is an unfocused attempt to make a statement about the haves and the have-nots and the people who try to improve the lot of those who have never had a real chance in life: those people who try to save the world.  Unfortunately, it does not bridge the chasm between authentic high-mindedness and sentimental twaddle.<br/><br/>There are two stories intertwined in the novel: one of Alma, a self-centered depressive author and the other of Isabel, a no-centered Spanish rectoress who, in 1803, with her 23 orphan boys, joins Dr. Balmis on a ship bound for the new world destined to save the world from smallpox. The boys are to be carriers; each of them vaccinated with cowpox and then, when the vesicles fill with fluid, it will be harvested to vaccinate others.  This part is, basically, a true story.<br/><br/>Alma has a contract to write a book, gets stuck, and becomes enamored of Isabel's story instead.  She starts to write, and her husband, Richard, is called away on a project to the Dominican Republic, Alma's native country, to establish a &quot;green&quot; zone.  Another world-saving project in theory, it turns out not to be as advertised.  Alma sends him off alone, telling him that she is going to work on the book--some book, anyway--and then wool-gathers about why.  Isabel constantly asks herself if she has done the right thing by exposing the boys to the rigors of sea travel, the dangers of ailments other than smallpox, and will she ever have a husband and babies of her own?  These two women are portrayed as having remarkably little self-knowledge, despite their concentration on taking their own emotional temperature hourly.<br/><br/>A red-herring sub-plot is that Alma's close neighbor and &quot;good friend,&quot; whom she seldom sees until she finds out she's dying, has a crazy son who has a crazy wife.  They come to visit as Richard is leaving. Their threats to Alma and to the world at large are described by the two loonies as &quot;ethical terrorism.&quot;  This nonsense gains Alma's sympathy and she ends up protecting and defending them, spouting poetic aphorisms as reasons.  The other loose cannon in the tale is Tera, Alma's one-dimensional firebrand friend who is saving the world from everything you can mention, according to her own lights.  She is tedious in her extremism, and especially annoying to Alma when Alma needs attention, which is all the time.<br/><br/>All manner of dreadful things take place in this truly messy book.  Alma and Isabel cry a lot, everyone gets to act out and then we go around again.  Unfortunately, this story trivializes the world-saving work of the Spanish Royal Philanthropic Expedition, which was an around-the-world voyage of the smallpox vaccine and really did prevent outbreaks in the New World.  Now <em>that</em> is a fascinating story.  <em>--Valerie Ryan</em>]]>
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    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
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  </authors>  <published>2006</published>
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    <![CDATA[Before We Were Free]]>
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  <average_rating>3.78</average_rating>
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    <![CDATA[Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition of el Trujillo’s dictatorship.<br/><br/>Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita must overcome her fears and fly to freedom, leaving all that she once knew behind.<br/><br/>From renowned author Julia Alvarez comes an unforgettable story about adolescence, perseverance, and one girl’s struggle to be free.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
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    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
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  </authors>  <published>2002</published>
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        <book>
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    <![CDATA[Once Upon a Quinceanera: Coming of Age in the USA]]>
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  <average_rating>3.20</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>236</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>The bestselling author of <em>How the García Girls Lost Their Accents</em> explores the phenomenon of the Latina &#147;sweet fifteen&#148; celebration</strong> <br/><br/> The quinceañera, the fifteenth birthday celebration for a Latina girl, is quickly becoming an American event. This legendary party is a sight to behold: lavish ball gowns, extravagant catered meals, DJs, limousines, and multi-tiered cakes. The must haves for a &#147;quince&#148; are becoming as numerous and costly as a prom or wedding. And yet, this elaborate ritual also hearkens back to traditions from native countries and communities, offering young Latinas a chance to connect with their heritage. <br/><br/> In <em>Once Upon a Quinceañera</em>, Julia Alvarez explores this celebration that brings a Latina girl into womanhood. She attends the quince of a young woman named &#147;Monica&#148; who lives in Queens, and witnesses the commotion, confusion, and potential for disaster that comes with planning this important event. Alvarez also weaves in interviews with other quince girls, her own memories of coming of age as an immigrant, and the history of the custom itself&#151;how it originated and what has changed as Latinas become accustomed to a supersize American culture. <em>Once Upon a Quinceañera</em> is an enlightening, accessible, and entertaining portrait of contemporary Latino culture as well as a critical look at the rituals of coming of age and the economic and social consequences of the quince parties. Julia Alvarez's dedicated fans will be eager to hear her thoughts on this topic. It is a great book for anyone interested in American youth today&#151;parents, teachers, and teenagers themselves.]]>
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    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>16256</ratings_count>
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  </authors>  <published>2007</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">169838</id>
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  <title>
    <![CDATA[How Tia Lola Came to Stay]]>
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  <average_rating>3.62</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>202</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[With her brilliantly hued flower-print dresses, her maracas and  <em>tambor</em>, and the migrating beauty mark over her lipsticked mouth, Tia Lola  stands out in Vermont like a tropical bird in a snowstorm. Her nephew,  10-year-old Miguel, just wants to fit in to his new home. He and his mother and  sister have just moved here from New York following his parents' divorce. With  his black hair and brown skin, it's hard enough already without the flamboyant  antics of his friendly, nutty aunt, visiting from the Dominican Republic. But  even while she is dancing her merengues in front of his new friends and painting  the white farmhouse purple, Tia Lola is also weaving a magical spell of love and  support that Miguel and his wounded family sorely need. Miguel's growing  appreciation for his crazy aunt's ways, and the entire town's admiration and  respect for an outsider who, without even speaking the same language, wins the  hearts of all, is a funny, uplifting story.<p>  Julia Alvarez is the author of many award-winning novels, including <em>How the Garcia Girls Lost Their  Accents</em> and <em>In the Time  of the Butterflies</em>, and the picture book <em>The Secret Footprints</em>. She  writes with a warmth and humor that crosses all boundaries. (Ages 9 to 12)  <em>--Emilie Coulter</em></p>]]>
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    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
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    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
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        <book>
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    <![CDATA[Something to Declare]]>
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  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>177</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[The first nonfiction work by acclaimed novelist Julia Alvarez--twenty-four personal essays on the experience of immigration and the writing life<br/><br/>The rich and revealing essays in <em>Something to Declare</em> offer Julia Alvarez's dual meditations on coming to America and becoming a writer. In the first section, &quot;Customs,&quot; Alvarez relates how she and her family fled the Dominican Republic and its oppressive dictator, Rafael Trujillo, settling in New York City in the 1960s. Here Julia begins a love affair with the English language under the tutelage of the aptly named Sister Maria Generosa. Part Two--&quot;Declarations&quot;--celebrates Alvarez's enduring passion for the writing life. From the valentine to mythic storyteller Scheherazade that is &quot;First Muse,&quot; to a description of Alvarez's itinerant life as a struggling poet, teacher, and writer in &quot;Have Typewriter, Will Travel,&quot; to the sage and witty advice of &quot;Ten of My Writing Commandments,&quot; Alvarez generously shares her influences and inspirations with aspiring writers everywhere.<br/><br/>&quot;Reading Julia Alvarez's new collection of essays is like curling up with a glass of wine in one hand and the phone in the other, listening to a big-hearted, wisecracking friend share hard-earned wisdom about family, identity, and the art of writing.&quot;--<em>People</em>]]>
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    <id>7277</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Julia Alvarez]]></name>
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    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>16256</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
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  </authors>  <published>1998</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">83973</id>
  <isbn>0553494066</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780553494068</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">23</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Finding Miracles]]>
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  <average_rating>3.69</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>108</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[MILLY KAUFMAN IS an ordinary American teenager living in Vermont—until she meets Pablo, a new student at her high school. His exotic accent, strange fashion sense, and intense interest in Milly force her to confront her identity as an adopted child from Pablo’s native country. As their relationship grows, Milly decides to undertake a courageous journey to her homeland and along the way discovers the story of her birth is intertwined with the story of a country recovering from a brutal history.<br/><br/>Beautifully written by reknowned author Julia Alvarez, <em>Finding Miracles</em> examines the emotional complexity of familial relationships and the miracles of everyday life.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>16256</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
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  </authors>  <published>2004</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">537819</id>
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  <isbn13>9781931498067</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Cafecito Story: El Cuento Del Cafecito]]>
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  <average_rating>3.81</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>89</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<em>A Cafecito Story</em> is a story of love, coffee, birds and hope. It is a beautifully written eco-fable by best-selling author Julia Alvarez. Based on her and her husband's experiences trying to reclaim a small coffee farm in her native Dominican Republic, <em>A Cafecito Story</em> shows how the return to the traditional methods of shade-grown coffee can rehabilitate and rejuvenate the landscape and human culture, while at the same time preserving vital winter habitat for threatened songbirds.<br/>Not a political or environmental polemic, <em>A Cafecito Story</em> is instead a poetic, modern fable about human beings at their best. The challenge of producing coffee is a remarkable test of our ability to live more sustainably, caring for the land, growers, and consumers in an enlightened and just way. Written with Julia Alvarez's deft touch, this is a story that stimulates while it comforts, waking the mind and warming the soul like the first cup of morning coffee. Indeed, this story is best read with a strong cup of organic, shade-grown, fresh-brewed coffee.]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>7277</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Julia Alvarez]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p5/7277.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p2/7277.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7277.Julia_Alvarez]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>16256</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2001</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">17642</id>
  <isbn>0452273412</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780452273412</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Other Side / El otro lado]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166811681m/17642.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166811681s/17642.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17642.The_Other_Side_El_otro_lado</link>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>78</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Characterized by respect for the past, delight in the sensory   details of the present, and tentative but cherished hope for the   future, a collection of poems culminates in the title poem about the   poet's return to her native Dominican Republic. 15,000 first printing.   Tour.]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>7277</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Julia Alvarez]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p5/7277.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p2/7277.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7277.Julia_Alvarez]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>16256</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1995</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">3236586</id>
  <isbn>037595838X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780375958380</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">42</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Return to Sender]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234063391m/3236586.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234063391s/3236586.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3236586.Return_to_Sender</link>
  <average_rating>3.35</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>82</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn’t sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected her American life. Her family lives in constant fear of being discovered by the authorities and sent back to the poverty they left behind in Mexico. Can Tyler and Mari find a way to be friends despite their differences?<br/><br/>In a novel full of hope, but no easy answers, Julia Alvarez weaves a beautiful and timely story that will stay with readers long after they finish it.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>7277</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Julia Alvarez]]></name>
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    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p2/7277.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7277.Julia_Alvarez]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>16256</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2009</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">83972</id>
  <isbn>1565124065</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781565124066</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Woman I Kept to Myself]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171047987m/83972.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171047987s/83972.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83972.The_Woman_I_Kept_to_Myself</link>
  <average_rating>4.20</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>54</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The works of award-winning poet and novelist Julia Alvarez are rich with the language and influences of two cultures: the Dominican Republic of her childhood and the America of her youth and adulthood. They have shaped her writing just as they have shaped her life. <br/><br/>  Since her first celebrated novel, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, she has been articulating the passions and opinions of sisters and aunts, mothers and daughters, heroines and martyrs. In The Woman I Kept to Myself, seventy-five poems that weave together the narrative of a woman's inner life, it is Julia Alvarez's own clear voice that sings out in every line. These are not poems of a woman discovering herself--Alvarez might say that's what her twenties were for--but of a woman returning to herself. Now, in the middle of her life, she looks back as a way of understanding and celebrating the woman she has become. And she hides nothing: from her early marriages to her late-in-life love, from the politics that informed her to the prejudice that haunts her still. Her fears, her accomplishments, and the ready humor that permeates even her darkest thoughts are all proffered to the reader.<br/><br/>  Perhaps the truest words to describe this remarkable collection are the two that give the last section its title: keeping watch. We are pulled into the intimate circle of a woman who keeps us company by sharing the stories and insights that we often keep to ourselves. ]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>7277</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Julia Alvarez]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p5/7277.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p2/7277.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7277.Julia_Alvarez]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>16256</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2004</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">11212</id>
  <isbn>0452275679</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780452275676</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Homecoming: New and Collected Poems]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649652m/11212.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649652s/11212.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11212.Homecoming_New_and_Collected_Poems</link>
  <average_rating>3.96</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>53</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A revised and expanded edition of the debut poetry collection by   the author of <em>How the Garci+a7a Girls Lost Their Accents   </em>presents a lyrical, intimate reflection on the poet's own life,   family, immigrant heritage, and artistic world. Reprint.]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>7277</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Julia Alvarez]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p5/7277.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p2/7277.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7277.Julia_Alvarez]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>16256</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1984</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">210698</id>
  <isbn>0440417473</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780440417477</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Secret Footprints]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172723105m/210698.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172723105s/210698.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210698.The_Secret_Footprints</link>
  <average_rating>4.27</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>33</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<em>Ciguapas</em> are a secret tribe of beautiful people who live  underwater in &quot;cool blue caves hung with seashells and seaweed.&quot; Avoiding humans  at all costs, they come out to hunt for food only at night. But the most  remarkable thing about the <em>ciguapas</em> is that their feet are on backward.  Walking on land, their footprints lead in the opposite direction. This helps  them keep the secret of their existence from humans, who, they believe, would  cage them and force them to &quot;take baths and do laundry and wash your hands  before meals.&quot; But once upon a time, a brave, bold, bright-eyed--and  curious--<em>ciguapa</em> named Guapa almost made real her people's worst fears.  Straying too close to a human home one night, Guapa is discovered by a young  boy. Escaping, she vows to be more careful. But her curiosity is stronger than  her word, and soon she finds herself in the hands of a surprisingly kind human  family.<p>  This lovely old legend gently shows readers that preconceptions are often just  that--unbased biases that may very well change if the parties in question take a  chance to discover the truth about each other. With lyrical grace, novelist,  poet, and essayist Julia Alvarez retells this folk story remembered from her  childhood in the Dominican Republic. Exquisite, dreamy illustrations by Fabian  Negrin, replete with deep-sea blues and jungle greens, carry the reader to a  mystical place of warmth and beauty. (Ages 5 to 8) <em>--Emilie Coulter</em></p>]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>7277</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Julia Alvarez]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p5/7277.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p2/7277.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7277.Julia_Alvarez]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>16256</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2000</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">210706</id>
  <isbn>0375824251</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780375824258</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">8</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Gift of Gracias: The Legend of Altagracia]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172723135m/210706.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172723135s/210706.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210706.A_Gift_of_Gracias_The_Legend_of_Altagracia</link>
  <average_rating>4.04</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>25</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[After their olive crop fails, Maria fears that her family will have to abandon their farm on the new island colony. Then, one night she dreams of a mysterious beautiful lady shrouded by trees with branches hung with hundreds of little suns. They are oranges like the ones Maria's parents once ate in their homeland, Valencia, Spain. That very day Maria and her family plant the seeds that soon yield a magnificent orange grove and save the farm. But who was the mysterious lady who appeared in her dream and will Maria ever find her again?]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>7277</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Julia Alvarez]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p5/7277.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p2/7277.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7277.Julia_Alvarez]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>16256</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>103336</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Beatriz Vidal]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/103336.Beatriz_Vidal]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.18</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>164</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>40</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2005</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">1380100</id>
  <isbn>0452283582</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780452283589</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Whistler in the Nightworld: Short Fiction from the Latin Americas]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183122447m/1380100.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183122447s/1380100.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1380100.A_Whistler_in_the_Nightworld_Short_Fiction_from_the_Latin_Americas</link>
  <average_rating>3.43</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Julia Alvarez, Federico Andahazi, Junot Díaz, Laura Esquivel, Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, and Laura Restrepo are just a few of the critically acclaimed storytellers featured in this brand-new literary collection, edited by noted translator Thomas Colchie.  <br/><br/>   In this new collection, acclaimed translator and editor Thomas Colchie brings together twenty-one mesmerizing stories-fourteen of which are being published in English for the first time-by some of today's premier voices in contemporary Latin American literature. In selections representing the wide and varied spectrum of the new Latin American writing, authors such Carmen Posadas and Jorge Volpi explore historical legends and hyper-realities with droll humor and subversive wit, while others, like Mayra Santos-Febres and Ernesto Mestre-Reed, darkly illuminate the contemporary urban scene with a grittier narrative and stylistic daring that takes the reader far beyond the tropical exotics and magical realism of the earlier &quot;boom&quot; writers.   <br/><br/>  Spanning life in the Latin Americas in the last several decades, the settings for these stories sweep from South America to Mexico and the Caribbean, and as far north as Alaska. A stellar collection of inventive storytelling, it will prove as irresistible as it is provocative, the mark of the very best in recent Latin American fiction.]]>
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<authors>
    <author>
    <id>395818</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Thomas Colchie]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/395818.Thomas_Colchie]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.93</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>30</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>11</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>55215</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Junot Díaz]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1201178991p5/55215.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1201178991p2/55215.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/55215.Junot_D_az]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.91</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>27976</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>6710</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>32943</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Jorge Volpi]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/32943.Jorge_Volpi]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.62</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>138</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>20</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>116834</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Federico Andahazi]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1258573606p5/116834.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1258573606p2/116834.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/116834.Federico_Andahazi]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.54</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>216</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>29</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>141862</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Ernesto Mestre-Reed]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/141862.Ernesto_Mestre_Reed]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.52</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>21</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>7</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>1210837</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Ángeles Mastretta]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1210837._ngeles_Mastretta]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.10</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>4</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>340641</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Carmen Posadas]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-F-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/340641.Carmen_Posadas]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.08</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>109</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>31</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>534040</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Edgardo Vega Yunqué]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/534040.Edgardo_Vega_Yunqu_]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>14</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>5</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>1448555</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Edgard Telles Ribeiro]]></name>
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    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1448555.Edgard_Telles_Ribeiro]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.44</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>9</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>4</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>4694</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Laura Esquivel]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1203911703p5/4694.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1203911703p2/4694.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4694.Laura_Esquivel]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.86</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>42420</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>1918</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>2925035</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Ignacia Padilla]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2925035.Ignacia_Padilla]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>3</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>53065</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Jaime Manrique]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1223732508p5/53065.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1223732508p2/53065.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/53065.Jaime_Manrique]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>74</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>20</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>7277</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Julia Alvarez]]></name>
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    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p2/7277.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7277.Julia_Alvarez]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>16256</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>116823</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Mayra Montero]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-F-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/116823.Mayra_Montero]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.27</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>201</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>51</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>12548</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Pedro Juan Gutierrez]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12548.Pedro_Juan_Gutierrez]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.82</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>383</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>74</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>2925036</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Javier Valdés]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2925036.Javier_Vald_s]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>3</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>33407</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Laura Restrepo]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1203684625p5/33407.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1203684625p2/33407.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/33407.Laura_Restrepo]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.59</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>572</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>105</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>2925037</id>
        <name><![CDATA[José Edmundo Paz-Soldán]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2925037.Jos_Edmundo_Paz_Sold_n]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>3</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>821661</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Carlos Franz]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/821661.Carlos_Franz]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.55</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>11</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>3</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>2925038</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Rafael Franco Steeves]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2925038.Rafael_Franco_Steeves]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>3</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>2925039</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Anna Kazumi Stahl]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2925039.Anna_Kazumi_Stahl]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>3</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2002</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">5668725</id>
  <isbn>1603963251</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781603963251</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[El mejor regalo del mundo: La Leyenda De La Vieja Belen / The Best Gift of All: The Legend of La Vieja Belen]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236197814m/5668725.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236197814s/5668725.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5668725.El_mejor_regalo_del_mundo_La_Leyenda_De_La_Vieja_Belen_The_Best_Gift_of_All_The_Legend_of_La_Vieja_Belen</link>
  <average_rating>3.25</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Renowned Latina author Julia Alvarez recreates the legend of Dominican folk character ''La Vieja Belen&quot; in this delightful bilingual rhyming story, beautifully illustrated by Dominican artist Ruddy Nunez. Alvarez's retelling keeps the magic of the traditional account while contributing a down-to-earth, timely moral: ''Of all the gifts you can give, your time is the best gift.'']]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>7277</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Julia Alvarez]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p5/7277.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p2/7277.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7277.Julia_Alvarez]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>16256</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>2868211</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Ruddy Núñez]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2868211.Ruddy_N_ez]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.25</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>3</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2008</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">6608598</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival in Argentina]]>
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  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6608598-the-little-school</link>
  <average_rating>3.67</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>3</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[One of Argentina's 30,000 &quot;disappeared&quot;, Alicia Partnoy was abducted from her home by secret police and taken to a concentration camp where she was tortured, and where most of the other prisoners were killed. Smuggled out and published anonymously, THE LITTLE SCHOOL is Partnoy's memoir of her disappearance and imprisonment.]]>
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<authors>
    <author>
    <id>87482</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Alicia Partnoy]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/87482.Alicia_Partnoy]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.98</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>94</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>10</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>7277</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Julia Alvarez]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p5/7277.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p2/7277.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7277.Julia_Alvarez]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>16256</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1986</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">7304461</id>
  <isbn>1565129768</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781565129764</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[In the Time of the Butterflies]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7304461-in-the-time-of-the-butterflies</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leonidas Trujillo’s dictatorship. It doesn’t have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas—“The Butterflies.”<br/><br/>In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters—Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé—speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from hair ribbons and secret crushes to gunrunning and prison torture, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo’s rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez’s imagination, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage and love, and the human cost of political oppression.  <br/><br/><br/>]]>
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<authors>
    <author>
    <id>7277</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Julia Alvarez]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p5/7277.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p2/7277.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7277.Julia_Alvarez]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>16256</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2010</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">5339474</id>
  <isbn>0930370406</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780930370404</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Editor's Choice III: Fiction, Poetry &amp; Art from the U.S. Small Press, 1984 to 1990]]>
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  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5339474.Editor_s_Choice_III_Fiction_Poetry_Art_from_the_U_S_Small_Press_1984_to_1990</link>
  <average_rating>3.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[With an Introduction by Fred Chappell. Selections from 3,465 nominations made by editors of 364 other small independent literary presses and magazines, including college and university ones, of work they had published. <br/>Work from The Paris Review, BOA Editions, Curbstone Press, Ploughshares, The Literary Review, Firebrand Books, The Caribbean Writer, Tia Chucha Press, Tribe: An American Gay Journal, Thunder's Mouth Press and sixty-six others.<br/>The previous Editor's Choice volumes span the period from 1965 to 1978, and consist of 837 pages combined.]]>
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<authors>
    <author>
    <id>2297491</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Among the 61 contributors of fiction and poetry: Grace Paley]]></name>
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    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2297491.Among_the_61_contributors_of_fiction_and_poetry_Grace_Paley]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.00</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>0</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>438</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Billy Collins]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1227111592p5/438.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1227111592p2/438.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/438.Billy_Collins]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.17</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>7613</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>826</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>961479</id>
        <name><![CDATA[James C. Harrison]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/961479.James_C_Harrison]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>2</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>0</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>607167</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Peter Korniss]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/607167.Peter_Korniss]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.00</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>0</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>526482</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Morty Sklar]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/526482.Morty_Sklar]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.50</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>1</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>268101</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Faiz Ahmed Faiz]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/268101.Faiz_Ahmed_Faiz]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.58</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>7</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>32549</id>
        <name><![CDATA[W.P. Kinsella]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1212093640p5/32549.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1212093640p2/32549.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/32549.W_P_Kinsella]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>2007</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>194</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>15201</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Rita Dove]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1245706351p5/15201.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1245706351p2/15201.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15201.Rita_Dove]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.91</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>1086</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>123</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>7659</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Paul Bowles]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1212699692p5/7659.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1212699692p2/7659.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7659.Paul_Bowles]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.04</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>4723</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>548</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>7277</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Julia Alvarez]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p5/7277.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p2/7277.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7277.Julia_Alvarez]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>16256</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>1970601</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Amiri Baraka]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1970601.Amiri_Baraka]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.33</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>9</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>0</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1991</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">6891656</id>
  <isbn>3492228607</isbn>
  <isbn13>9783492228602</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Die Zeit der Schmetterlinge.]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6891656-die-zeit-der-schmetterlinge</link>
  <average_rating>0.0</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>0</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>7277</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Julia Alvarez]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p5/7277.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p2/7277.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7277.Julia_Alvarez]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>16256</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1996</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">7082550</id>
  <isbn>2864244470</isbn>
  <isbn13>9782864244479</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Au nom de Salomé]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7082550-au-nom-de-salom</link>
  <average_rating>0.0</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>0</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>7277</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Julia Alvarez]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p5/7277.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1220651344p2/7277.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7277.Julia_Alvarez]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
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    <![CDATA[Social Justice Education: Inviting Faculty to Transform Their Institutions]]>
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    <![CDATA[This book grew out of a project – involving deans and directors of teaching centers and diversity offices from six institutions – to instigate discussions among teachers and administrators about implementing socially just practices in their classrooms, departments, and offices. The purpose was to explore how best to foster such conversations across departments and functions within an institution, as well as between institutions. This book presents the theoretical framework used, and many of the successful projects to which it gave rise.<br/><br/>Recognizing that many faculty have little preparation for teaching students whose backgrounds, culture, and educational socialization differ from theirs, the opening foundational section asks teachers to attend closely to their and their students’ relative power and positionality in the classroom, and to the impact of the materials, resources and pedagogical approaches employed. Further chapters offer analytical tools to promote inquiry and change.<br/><br/>The concluding sections of the book demonstrate how intra- and inter-institutional collaborations inspired teachers to rise to the challenge of their campuses’ commitments to diversity. Among the examples presented is an initiative involving the faculty development coordinator, and faculty from a wide range of domains at DePauw University, who built upon an existing ethics initiative to embed social justice across the curriculum. In another, professors of mathematics from three institutions describe how they collaborated to create socially just classrooms that both serve mathematical learning, and support service learning or community-based learning activities. <br/><br/>The final essay by a student from the Maldives, describing how she navigated the chasm between life in an American college and her family circumstances, will reinforce the reader’s commitment to establishing social justice in the academy.<br/><br/>This book provides individual faculty, faculty developers and diversity officers, with the concepts, reflective tools, and collaborative models, as well as a wealth of examples, to confidently embark on the path to transforming educational practice.]]>
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    <![CDATA[Glimpses of La Yaguita]]>
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    <![CDATA[Dance Between Two Cultures: Latino Caribbean Literature Written in the United States]]>
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    <![CDATA[In this groundbreaking study, William Luis analyzes the most salient and representative narrative and poetic works of the newest literary movement to emerge in Spanish American and U.S. literatures. The book is divided into three sections, each focused on representative Puerto Rican American, Cuban American, and Dominican American authors. Luis traces the writers' origins and influences from the nineteenth century to the present, focusing especially on the contemporary works of Oscar Hijuelos, Julia Alvarez, Cristina Garcia, and Piri Thomas, among others. While engaging in close readings of the texts, Luis places them in a broader social, historical, political, and racial perspective to expose the tension between text and context.  <p>As a group, Latino Caribbeans write an ethnic literature in English that is born of their struggle to forge an identity separate from both the influences of their parents' culture and those of the United States. For these writers, their parents' country of origin is a distant memory. They have developed a culture of resistance and a language that mediates between their parents' identity and the culture that they themselves live in.  <p>Latino Caribbeans are engaged in a metaphorical dance with Anglo Americans as the dominant culture. Just as that dance represents a coming together of separate influences to make a unique art form, so do both Hispanic and North American cultures combine to bring a new literature into being. This new body of literature helps us to understand not only the adjustments Latino Caribbean cultures have had to make within the larger U.S. environment but also how the dominant culture has been affected by their presence.</p></p>]]>
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    <id>7277</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Julia Alvarez]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7277.Julia_Alvarez]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>16256</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2020</text_reviews_count>
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    <id>57476</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Judith Ortiz Cofer]]></name>
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  </authors>  <published>2001</published>
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