false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166463877m/11208.jpg 11208 14 Fifteen tales vividly chronicle a Dominican family's exile in the Bronx, focusing on the four Garcia daughters' rebellion against their immigrant elders. 92888 1991 How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents total:4278|5:661|4:1577|3:1569|2:392|1:78| 4278 15187 5677 356 4 3 false false Thu Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 18:18:17 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 11:33:34 -0700 2008
I really liked the way ...more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 15:17:28 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 15 21:35:57 -0700 2008
However, it is not with...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Sep 13 08:42:19 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 09:03:30 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 13:17:51 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 17:29:03 -0800 2009 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 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 02 15:18:09 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 15:21:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 07 12:43:32 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 13:00:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 16:58:23 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 17:10:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 20:36:11 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 08:30:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 18:59:33 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 14:15:57 -0700 2009 How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, is a collection of memoirs told by Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofia. Their father, a highly respected doctor, has to flee the Dominican Republic after he is suspected in playing a part in a plot aga...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 07:19:48 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 18:44:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 14:43:26 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 06:36:24 -0800 2009
1- I was surprised when I realized that the book was not written chronologically, but in reverse. I don't know that I've ever read a book written like that and while it seems like it could be pretty annoying, I th...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 19:05:52 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 19:05:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 20:54:55 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 18:42:52 -0700 2009 guilt about this one.

Partially, I was let down by the reason I picked up the book again: I wanted to read the story of...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 10:02:40 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 14:50:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 14:00:22 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 08:42:18 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 18:23:51 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 18:31:15 -0800 2009 1 Professor Alvarez has pulled together the old world and the new, the rich world and the poor, in telling of the flight from the Dominican Republic to the US of a family of a doctor, his wife, and their four daughters. She des...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 13:26:16 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 13:27:46 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Thu Oct 29 17:38:29 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 17:51:47 -0700 2009
the girls each hadd something with flavor in their life. Yolanda showed here body to her cousin in exchange for a barbie doll and some modeling clay, Sandra dreamed of being a artist but he...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 05:54:09 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 06:09:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 15:56:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 15:57:05 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=11208