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How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

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Uprooted from their family home in the Dominican Republic, the four Garcia sisters - Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofia - arrive in New York City in 1960 to find a life far different from the genteel existence of maids, manicures, and extended family they left behind. What they have lost - and what they find - is revealed in the fifteen interconnected stories that make up t...more

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Published October 4th 2005 by Plume (first published January 4th 1991)

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Mar 20, 2008 Tracy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Julia Alvarez wrote one of my favorite essays in "Why I'm Still Married" so I was really excited when I found a copy of this book for $0.50 at tha library book sale. I read it on my way to Tucson last week, so I already latin food and culture on my mind!

I really liked the way this book moved backwards in time, working its way from Yolanda's trip back to the Dominican Republic in the 1990's to her childhood on the island in the 1960's. For the most part, I enjoyed the book, but I thought it lacke...more

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Mar 15, 2008 Tamara rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I was so intrigued by the title that I kept it on my to-read list for years, but when I finally settled down to read it, I didn't fall immediately in love. I felt the "voices" of the various sisters were too similar, and all of them seemed quite shallow.

However, it is not without its merits. The book moves backwards in time, and the younger the girls got, the more interested I became in their characters. I especially liked reading about their lives before they moved to the States. My favorite p...more

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Sep 13, 2007 Kristen rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Those interested in understanding how immigrants feel when moving to the States from their homeland

Any amazing portrayal about a family from the Dominican Republic moving to New York. One great part about this book is that it isn't from only one person's perspective. It details the POV of daughters and parents, because they each had a different experience. Some wanted to quickly become as American as possible, some wanted to hold strongly to their Dominican roots. I love the way it is told via vignettes (great for my short attention span!). But my favorite aspect is how the story is told back...more

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Chuck On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:42 PM, chuck white wrote:

Dr Lewis Nordan seduced me and others into Pitt MFA via his readings at Hemingways Cafe. No master...more On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:42 PM, chuck white wrote:

Dr Lewis Nordan seduced me and others into Pitt MFA via his readings at Hemingways Cafe. No master could read like Buddy. He was a generous and good-hearted teacher. He could quote Shakespeare and Flannery O'Connor at length. He could teach modern fiction, WRITER TO WRITER. His lecture on Julia Alvarez made her mandatory reading for every listener. His remarks on Faulkner went to the heart of the master. How do you acknowledge a busy master from across campus. I took my cue from Garcia Marquez when he saw Hemingway across the Champs Elysee and he hollered out one word and that word was MAESTRO.

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:42 PM, chuck white wrote:

Dr Lewis Nordan seduced me and others into Pitt MFA via his readings at Hemingways Cafe. No master could read like Buddy. He was a generous and good-hearted teacher. He could quote Shakespeare and Flannery O'Connor at length. He could teach modern fiction, WRITER TO WRITER. His lecture on Julia Alvarez made her mandatory reading for every listener. His remarks on Faulkner went to the heart of the master. How do you acknowledge a busy master from across campus. I took my cue from Garcia Marquez when he saw Hemingway across the Champs Elysee and he hollered out one word and that word was MAESTRO.

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:42 PM, chuck white wrote:

Dr Lewis Nordan seduced me and others into Pitt MFA via his readings at Hemingways Cafe. No master could read like Buddy. He was a generous and good-hearted teacher. He could quote Shakespeare and Flannery O'Connor at length. He could teach modern fiction, WRITER TO WRITER. His lecture on Julia Alvarez made her mandatory reading for every listener. His remarks on Faulkner went to the heart of the master. How do you acknowledge a busy master from across campus. I took my cue from Garcia Marquez when he saw Hemingway across the Champs Elysee and he hollered out one word and that word was MAESTRO.(less)
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Jan 06, 2011 Travis rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2008

I enjoyed this quite a lot, but I really think it should have been marketed as a book of short stories. Instead it's a book of short stories that is called a novel, yet has none of the cohesion or overarching plot required of a novel, though the stories are all about the same four women. It's also very obvious that many of these stories were originally published separately, as there's a lot of repeated background info, introducing characters as if we've never met them before when it's the fifth...more

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Jan 26, 2010 Connor added it

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents is a collection of stories told by Carla, Yolanda, Sandra, Sofia. Author Julia Alvarez introduces the three at their home and then takes us back in time having the girls tell us each of their own experiences. Their father had to flee the country after being suspected to be apart of a plot against the current reign of government terror. From their privileged lives being pampered at home to the life or an immigrant trying to live in New York “She was too fri...more

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Feb 28, 2009 Sara rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2008-2009-11th-grade

As the title suggests, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, is about four Dominican girls who moves to America and adjusting to the American culture, in terms of language, academics, and living standards. Back in the Dominican Republic, the four girls, Carla, Sandra, Yolanda and Sofia all lives extravagant lives with their father. All four girls can be described as extremely rebellious again their family and traditional values, where there are sex, drugs, and criminal actions were involoves,...more

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Dec 02, 2008 Antof9 rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2007-read, women

Started in 2006, I finally finished my first book of 2007! What a fascinating book this was. Told in the first person by each of 4 daughters, this book tracks their transition from growing up privleged in the Dominican Republic to New York. A very interesting method of telling the story -- it starts in New York and works backward chronologically.

I often wonder about families like this, and how it feels to leave a vast extended family when you're used to being part of a crowd of cousins, running...more Started in 2006, I finally finished my first book of 2007! What a fascinating book this was. Told in the first person by each of 4 daughters, this book tracks their transition from growing up privleged in the Dominican Republic to New York. A very interesting method of telling the story -- it starts in New York and works backward chronologically.

I often wonder about families like this, and how it feels to leave a vast extended family when you're used to being part of a crowd of cousins, running in and out of each others' houses, eating meals at whichever one you're closest to ...

There were many beautiful parts to thie book -- also poignant, funny, and dead on. I love when an author says something that is exactly the way I feel or think, or is something I've said often. I can't fight or even argue a little bit without clothes on. During one hot night in the story, Yolanda is arguing with John

 "Ever?" he said, angrily grabbing for her arm in the dark.  "Ever?"

Her heart folded, flattened, folded again.  The halves fluttered, blinked and opened.  Her heart lifted up to the cloud-flowers in the sky.

"Ever!"  She slapped him with the sound.  "Ever!  Ever!"  She wished she had her clothes on.  It was strange to make absolute statements in the nude.

I love this description of a German woman teaching the girl cousins "art": She grappled the brush from your hand and showed you how, all the while barking instructions in her guttural Spanish, which made you feel that you were mispronouncing your native tongue because you did not speak it with her heavy German accent.

I really liked this book. Interesting, fascinating, intriguing ... poetic and descriptive -- so many times I could very easily picture a scene as described by the author.

The first time YoYo saw snow -- during a time when there was talk of Russian missiles trained on New York City, President Kennedy and war against the communists. Snow started falling and she thought it was a bomb.(less)

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Jan 29, 2013 Nshslibrary rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This novel is a stunning, adventurous story about the path of immigration by the Garcia family and the obstacles they had to avoid in the mid- 1900's. This book is told in reverse chronological order, from when the four main characters, the Garcia sisters, are already residing in their new country and have already matured. In the early stages of their life, the Garcia sisters enjoyed a decently sheltered and luxurious life living in the Dominican Republic. The mother of the family, Laura, came f...more

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Sep 14, 2011 Rachel rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 12th-grade

Stories from a childhood in the Dominican Republic and a young adulthood in the United States, told in reverse chronological order from the perspectives of four sisters. One problem I had with Garcia Girls is I couldn't tell them--the Garcia girls--apart. The second-eldest, Yolanda, who begins and ends the novel, seems to be the focus. Alvarez occasionally throws readers a bone by assigning each sister a superficial label: Carla's the tomboy, Fifi the "lucky one," etc., but the focus of each ane...more

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Aug 20, 2011 Tania Brzovic rated it 4 of 5 stars

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents is an intriguing exploration of cultural and generational conflicts. I read it because I loved "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan. That novel made me feel intrigued by the notion of cultural clashes, and how children and parents deal with such conflicts.

Alvarez was able to create well-rounded characters who were interesting to me as a reader. I was really engrossed in the girl's journey to adjust to the culture shock of living in America. Some of the imagery i...more

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Aug 07, 2011 Ryan rated it 4 of 5 stars

My favorite thing about How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents is that the its chapters are arranged in reverse chronological order, an arrangement that allows for the climax of the story to take place during the girls' childhood in the Dominican Republic rather than their adulthood in America. Instead of telling the story in which inevitable assimilation is given priority or defense, Alvarez' structure effectively emphasizes the impact of the Garcia girls' "lost accents."

Nicely done, Ms. Alvar...more My favorite thing about How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents is that the its chapters are arranged in reverse chronological order, an arrangement that allows for the climax of the story to take place during the girls' childhood in the Dominican Republic rather than their adulthood in America. Instead of telling the story in which inevitable assimilation is given priority or defense, Alvarez' structure effectively emphasizes the impact of the Garcia girls' "lost accents."

Nicely done, Ms. Alvarez.

Actually, there are many nice touches in How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. I particularly admired the circumstances of the Garcia family's immigration. The Garcias are a wealthy family, making them a target of Trujillo's government. When the CIA enters the country to organize rebellion, Carlos Garcia understandably gets involved. However, when the CIA reevaluates its position and changes policy, one spy takes it upon himself to help the dissidents flee the country. What I like about the context of this immigration is that America as a nation is both a place of salvation for the family and a culpable agent in the girls' lost heritage. If one ever wanted to illustrate to another that the circumstances of our world are less black and white than we might prefer, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents would be a good choice.

Alvarez gives all of her characters their chance to share stories, and careful readers will notice small details in one character's story that explain the actions of other characters in subsequent chapters, at least as much as the actions of our family members can ever be explained. Sofia, the youngest daughter, is arguably the most independent of her family, a trait that has brought her trouble. Sofia's confidence did not make sense to me until her mother explained in a later chapter that Sofia's mistakes always brought her luck. After reading this, I could see that Sofia was indeed the strongest of the four sisters, in spite of the fact that a more career-minded reader might dismiss her as the least accomplished.

Readers looking for a story of contemporary immigration could hardly do worse than to read How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. It may not be as lyrically written as other entries, but the structure of Alvarez' novel makes for a fascinating read.(less)

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Jun 02, 2011 Sarah rated it 2 of 5 stars

First off, the reverse chronological thing just threw me. I had a hard time understanding who was crazy when and when they were crazy, if it was really crazy or just stream of consciousness writing. And as with a lot of minority authors, I don’t see why they have to focus on only negative experiences. I’m sure the Garcia girls had a lot of good experiences which shaped them, but Alvarez chose only to focus on the negative. There was so much sexual content in this book, I’d almost feel uncomforta...more

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Oct 06, 2010 Vivian rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010-reads

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Aug 09, 2010 Natha Anderson rated it 3 of 5 stars

Enjoyable young adult book (well, I don't know if it should be considered young adult...I can see a high school student enjoying it but also an adult...) - but the story is not complete and I HATE THAT! Julia Alvarez always seems to have multiple narrators and with some books I like it (for example The Help by ummm Katherine - well, I cannot remember her last name) in this book it is o.k. but not great. I think I would have liked the same narrator the whole time. I realize there would have been...more

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Jan 27, 2010 Guy rated it 3 of 5 stars

In my class we had the choice to choose between two books to read. I chose “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents,” written by Julia Alvarez. I personally thought the book was alright. It is not something I would read again but I enjoyed for the most part.
This book is about four Dominican Republic girls growing up in America, while their parents try to keep their heritage and their old ways within the family values and rules. They landed in the U.S. to escape from the cruel dictator that wan...more

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Jan 26, 2010 Kristen rated it 4 of 5 stars

In the book “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents”, Julia Alvarez tells the stories of four Dominican sisters, Carla, Yolanda, Sandra, and Sofia, who move to the United States. The sisters have trouble adjusting to academics, friends, and the conflict between their traditional values and the modern ones of others.

Alvarez changes point of view throughout the stories. At first this makes it confusing for the reader, but when venturing further, it makes the story interesting. Alvarez tells man...more In the book “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents”, Julia Alvarez tells the stories of four Dominican sisters, Carla, Yolanda, Sandra, and Sofia, who move to the United States. The sisters have trouble adjusting to academics, friends, and the conflict between their traditional values and the modern ones of others.

Alvarez changes point of view throughout the stories. At first this makes it confusing for the reader, but when venturing further, it makes the story interesting. Alvarez tells many compelling stories about girls trying to familiarize themselves with their new homes in The United States, but they often feel out of place.

The barriers between the girls and a new life style were always there. Carla noticed, “…No trespassing. The sign had surprised Carla since ‘forgive us our trespasses’ was the only other context in which she had heard the word” (151). Language was only one of the hurdles that the girls had to face, but it affected them immensely. It made school and friendships more difficult, Carla was made fun of for not being able to say the word “stop” correctly. I felt sorry for the girls numerous times while reading. I felt sorry when they were forced to behave a certain way at the Floor Show, I felt sorry when Sofia’s father didn’t include her in his daughter count, I felt sorry when boys would make fun of Carla’s accent, I felt sorry when Sofia was pressured to have sex before she was ready, and I felt sorry when their poor judgment caused them the suffering of being too gullible as to try to help a strange man with directions or not trust the morals of a hunter resulting in a stolen cat.

While reading I wondered whether this is a true account of Julia Alvarez’s life. The stories had a lot of feeling inside of them. While reading I felt like one of the girls. Alvarez captured her audience in that way. However, although Alvarez admits to using some personal experiences, she says “[her:] family would murder [her:] if [she:] said it was the truth.” She claims it is not a full autobiography. The book is contemporary fiction.

These pressures continue as the girls face movement back and forth from the Island and The United States. They feel pulled in two directions. They are conflicted as their worlds clash and they consider smuggling drugs back to the Island. It is a constant whirl between what they want to do and what they should do, as well as the conflict between being accepted by peers and being accepted by their parents. I enjoyed the book for this reason. I think that everyone can relate to these pressures and frustrations. I think it is ignorant for anyone to believe that they are better than someone based on race, language, and differences. This book tries to convey that lesson by walking in the footsteps of these four sisters.

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Jan 26, 2010 Ryan Wanderbelt rated it 3 of 5 stars

“Carla turned and fled down the street, her book bag banging against her leg like a whip she was using to make herself go faster, faster.” (158)
How the Garcia girls lost their accents is a novel about a family that immigrated to the United States from the Dominican Republic that faces stereotypes and life’s hardships. Although I did not enjoy this book as much as others I have read this book is very influential and has a few chapters that can be exciting. The one part that I did not like is tha...more

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Jan 26, 2010 Steve rated it 2 of 5 stars

I had high hopes for How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez. These hopes continued to grow after reading the two short stories “The Kiss” and “The Rudy Elmenhurst Story.” These were both two very well written, expressive, and generally entertaining stories that did well in holding the reader’s attention and delivered strong, powerful endings.

However, as I read on I could not get myself to distinguish between the four Garcia girls: Carla, Sophia, Sandra, and Yolanda. Although s...more

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Jan 26, 2010 Chris rated it 2 of 5 stars

Personally, I believe “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents” by Julia Alvarez is a pretty weak book. Her inspiration from the book came from real life experiences as she lived in the Dominican Republic the first ten years of her life until she had to flee due to her Father’s participation in a political rebellion. Although this book depicts her real life quite well, I don’t feel Julia does such a great job of getting her true emotions across by jumping from one story to another. Also, I find...more

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Jan 26, 2010 George rated it 4 of 5 stars

I chose ‘How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents’ by Julia Alvarez as a school read over a different book. I had the premise of the story already in my head, which was a story of four girls who moved away from their friends and family in the Dominican Republic to start a better life in New York, but I never expected it to pull me in the way it did.
To start off, the book is not told in a normal start to finish fashion, rather, it’s told in reverse chronological order. It’s also set up as multipl...more

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Jan 26, 2010 Dwoods rated it 2 of 5 stars

The story, How the García Girls Lost Their Accent, by Julia Arvares, is obviously about the fictional life of the García girls. They have to cope with the problem of leaving their native island of the Dominican Republic to live in the United States. It seems their family will be missed and also you can see the culture they live in, “Our last Saturday night on the Island, the compound folks sit on Tía Carmen’s patio, reminiscing. Periodically, family stops by to say goodbye to our parents and del...more

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Jan 26, 2010 James rated it 3 of 5 stars

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez inversely chronicles the changes one Dominican family endures on their adventures from the Republic to America during the late 60’s forwards. We first jump into the life of Yolanda during 1989 as she revisits her native island which is so dear to her, meeting up with her distant family. Through all the chaos that ensues throughout the novel, I became slowly lost at points as Alvarez jumped from one point to the next, using flashbacks, fore...more

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Jan 26, 2010 JamesM rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book is written in many perspectives. The point of view shifts between chapters so it is hard to follow. The perspectives it shifts to be the family members of the Garcia family. Where there are four sisters who it mainly evolves around. The sisters, Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofia, are Dominican Republicans who had to leave because of their father was part of a plot to overthrow the dictator.

The many ways the story is told is very confusing because some parts have already happened but t...more

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Jan 27, 2010 george rated it 5 of 5 stars

“How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents” is a fiction book written by Julia Alvarez. It’s about an upper Dominican family consists of a father Carlos and his four daughters – Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofia, the four sisters moved to the United States around the 60’s fearing the political threats to their father from the dictator forces. That family was going through a lot of challenges in the U.S.

Yolanda was the youngest sisters and the first sister to get used to the American culture. Yolan...more

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Jan 27, 2010 Dave rated it 2 of 5 stars

I had to read the book How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez for an English assignment. I figured it couldn’t have been too bad because a teacher was offering it to us, but I guess how good a book is really depends on the person. In my opinion, this book wasn’t 3 star material. I felt it limited how much you could delve into the storyline and that it felt like I was just staring at pieces of paper day after day.
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Jan 26, 2010 David V rated it 4 of 5 stars

I can sympathize with the Garcia girls because like them, I had to undergo a drastic change in my life which entitled me leaving my home country to go to America, just like the Garcia girls. This book touched me because I felt that a lot of their issues could happen to most immigrants.

This is a non-fiction book that uses short stories to emphasize the underlying themes of the book. Julia Alvarez is an exceptional writer that uses themes such as rebellion, honor, courage, reconciliation, and fami...more

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Dec 02, 2009 Razy rated it 5 of 5 stars

I read How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents as part of an assignment for my English class. I procrastinated in starting to read it, but once I began I couldn’t put it down. It is the most fun, dynamic and enjoyable book I’ve read in a very long time. Although I was required to read it, I didn’t feel hassled or obligated-I really enjoyed reading it.
The story tells of four sisters who emigrated from the Dominican Republic to America, fleeing political threats to their father from the then dict...more I read How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents as part of an assignment for my English class. I procrastinated in starting to read it, but once I began I couldn’t put it down. It is the most fun, dynamic and enjoyable book I’ve read in a very long time. Although I was required to read it, I didn’t feel hassled or obligated-I really enjoyed reading it.
The story tells of four sisters who emigrated from the Dominican Republic to America, fleeing political threats to their father from the then dictator Trujillo. Each at a different age, the sisters experience their coming to the U.S. in very different ways. Some miss the Republic while others can’t get enough of “American culture.” The way Alvarez sets up the book makes everything so much more interesting. Firstly, she starts the beginning with the end of their stories; one sister, Yolanda, returns to the Republic weary and exhausted of the American culture she adapted. Every chapter is a different story about a different sister at a different time. Some tell of their romantic and love stories, others tell of school and academic struggles and others of religion and personal beliefs.
I knew the book would be an adventure from the first chapter, when Yolanda is asked, “What language did you love in?” The line hit me and told so much in so little words. Alvarez’ writing style is so simplistic and fun, yet so wise and dynamic. She could talk about war, love, politics and religion and still make it enjoyable! Her words were touching yet blunt and explicit. A romantic and political woman, Alvarez exposes her writing in such a way that keeps you wanting more and more. Her language is so relatable and charming. Although the way she sets up the plot, setting and events in the story are complicated, it is not difficult to follow each sister and her opinions. Her other works, such as In the Time of the Butterflies, are just as enjoyable. Although In the Time of the Butterflies is about four revolutionary sisters during Trujillo’s dictatorship in the Dominican Republic, Alvarez finds a way to include love and simplicity in the story as well.
It is her simple, charming and adventurous voice that captures the readers. The ability Alvarez has to draw you in with written charisma is definitely what kept me reading. I expected a typical romantic book by just another female, Latin writer but Alvarez is definitely more than just that!
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Sep 07, 2009 Tiana rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: summer-reading-books-2009

“How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents” by Julia Alvarez is about the four Garcia sisters come to the United States as young girls with their immigrant parents because their father, Carlos, got in trouble with the secret police for agitating the military dictatorship. The sisters are caught up in the American culture of the 60s, 70s and 80s an they must make different choices, and go through many challenges. Yolanda's external conflict is, Yolanda feels like and American now that she lived in...more

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Jun 16, 2009 Laurel rated it 3 of 5 stars

This was an interesting book about how an upper class Dominican family with four daughters escapes the Dominican Rebublic and a tyranical dictator only to loose their cultural heritage in America. With a regressive timeline, this book starts in present day with the four daughters who are fully Americanized and nerotic adults, and travels backwards in time to show what shaped them into the women they became. This novel was very well written, but has slightly nostalgic and sad undertones.

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Jun 21, 2012 Ms. Okes rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 10th-summer-reading

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents is a collection of stories surrounding a group of sisters as they grow and try to adapt to American culture after immigrating from the Dominican Republic. In their old world, their extended family has power and money. In their new home, each member struggles with a different aspect of culture, from relationships to careers.

As readers, it is important to go in with certain understandings. The well-known flow of beginning-middle-end is almost completely reve...more

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