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Julia Alvarez

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born
in New York, New York, The United States
March 27, 1950

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Julia Alvarez was born in New York City. Her parents moved back to the Dominican Republic when Alvarez was 3 months old and she was raised there until she was 10, when the family moved back to NYC.

She is currently writer-in-residence at Middlebury College and the owner of a coffee farm named Alta Gracia, near Jarabacoa in the mountains of the Dominican Republic. The farm hosts a school to teach local farmers and their families how to read and write.


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Average rating: 3.87 · 47,626 ratings · 4,800 reviews · 48 distinct works · Similar authors
In the Time of the Butterflies
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 23,434 ratings — published 1987 — 39 editions
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How the García Girls Lost T...
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 10,555 ratings — published 1991 — 23 editions
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Yo!
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 2,515 ratings — published 1997 — 10 editions
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In the Name of Salome
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 2,072 ratings — published 2000 — 16 editions
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Before We Were Free
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 2,047 ratings — published 2002 — 22 editions
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Saving the World
3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 1,743 ratings — published 2006 — 12 editions
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Return to Sender
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 950 ratings — published 2009 — 18 editions
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A Wedding in Haiti
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 682 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions
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How Tia Lola Came to (Visit...
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 689 ratings — published 2001 — 19 editions
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Something to Declare
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions
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