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Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
A sweeping novel spanning 100 years & the lives of a heroic mother & daughter; inspired by real events. Annotation. In her most ambitious work since In the Time of Butterflies, Julia Alvarez tells the story of a woman whose poetry inspired one Caribbean revolution and of her daughter whose dedication to teaching strengthened another. Camila Henriquez Urena is about to retire from her longtime job teaching Spanish at Vassar College. Only now as she...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
In 24 autobiographical essays, the author presents her Dominican childhood, her family's immigration to the United States, her college years, writing, marriages, & return trips to her homeland. In her first book of nonfiction, Julia Alvarez takes us behind the scenes and shares the lessons she's learned on her way to becoming an internationally acclaimed novelist. In 1960, when Alvarez was ten years old, her family fled the Dominican Republic. Her...
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