{"product_id":"how-the-garcia-girls-lost-their-accents-9781565129757","title":"How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed A Great American Novel by \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Time of the Butterflies \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAfterlife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents \u003c\/i\u003e is \"poignant...powerful... Beautifully captures the threshold experience of the new immigrant, where the past is not yet a memory.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss Alvarez's new novel, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Cemetery of Untold Stories, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eavailable now!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Acclaimed writer Julia Alvarez's beloved first novel gives voice to four sisters as they grow up in two cultures. The García sisters--Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofía--and their family must flee their home in the Dominican Republic after their father's role in an attempt to overthrow brutal dictator Rafael Trujillo is discovered. They arrive in New York City in 1960 to a life far removed from their existence in the Caribbean. In the wondrous but not always welcoming U.S.A., their parents try to hold on to their old ways as the girls try find new lives: by straightening their hair and wearing American fashions, and by forgetting their Spanish. For them, it is at once liberating and excruciating to be caught between the old world and the new. Here they tell their stories about being at home--and not at home--in America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Alvarez helped blaze the trail for Latina authors to break into the literary mainstream, with novels like\u003ci\u003e In the Time of the Butterflies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow the García Girls Lost Their Accents\u003c\/i\u003e winning praise from critics and gracing best-seller lists across the Americas.\"--Francisco Cantú, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A clear-eyed look at the insecurity and yearning for a sense of belonging that are a part of the immigrant experience . . . Movingly told.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6281\"\u003eJulia Alvarez\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.11h x 5.43w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781565129757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 156512975X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC056000\"\u003eHispanic \u0026amp; Latino | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC043000\"\u003eComing of Age\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Alvarez\u003c\/b\u003e left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960 at the age of ten. She is the author of six novels, three books of nonfiction, three collections of poetry, and eleven books for children and young adults. She has taught and mentored writers in schools and communities across America and, until her retirement in 2016, was a writer in residence at Middlebury College. Her work has garnered wide recognition, including a Latina Leader Award in Literature from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature, the Woman of the Year by \u003ci\u003eLatina\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and inclusion in the New York Public Library's program \"The Hand of the Poet: Original Manuscripts by 100 Masters, from John Donne to Julia Alvarez.\" \u003ci\u003eIn the Time of the Butterflies\u003c\/i\u003e, with over one million copies in print, was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for its national Big Read program, and in 2013 President Obama awarded Alvarez the National Medal of Arts in recognition of her extraordinary storytelling. In 2024, she was profiled in the American Masters documentary, \"Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined,\" on PBS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380250734731,"sku":"9781565129757","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_d4609b73-ed35-46d3-9746-d27a813e4487.jpg?v=1760538904","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/how-the-garcia-girls-lost-their-accents-9781565129757","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}