How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents | Julia Alvarez: Books That Cross Borders
In this article, Alvarez discusses her career as a Latina writer.
In 1991, Julia Alvarez made a resounding splash on the literary scene with her first novel, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, whose narrators, the four vibrant and distinctive Garcia siblings, captivated readers and critics. Like their author, the characters emigrated to middle-class Queens, N.Y., from the Dominican Republic, and the novel provided a keen look at the island social structure they wistfully remember and the political turmoil they escaped.
The second-oldest sister, Yolanda, now a well-known author, is the protagonist of Alvarez's third novel,...
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