Amy's Staff Picks

 

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1. How the García girls lost their accents

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Author:
Alvarez, Julia
Average Rating:
2.5 stars
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Description:
In the 1960s, political tension forces the García family away from Santo Domingo and towards the Bronx, where the sisters adapt and thrive despite cultural differences, language barriers, and prejudice, but Mami and Papi are more traditional, and they have far more difficulty adjusting to their new country.

2. In the time of the butterflies

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Author:
Alvarez, Julia
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Formats:
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Description:
A story based on actual events evokes the horror of the Dominican Republic under dictator General Trujillo, as three sisters die in a jeep "accident" "Set during the waning days of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republica in 1960, this extraordinary novel tells the story the Mirabal sisters, three young wives and mothers who are assassinated after visiting their jailed husbands."--Provided by publisher.