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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
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4 out of 5
Based on 29,997 Ratings and 2,642 Reviews

Book Description
Julia Alvarez's brilliant first book of fiction sets the Garcia girls free to tell their irrepressibly intimate stories about how they came to be at home -- and not at home -- in America.

"A warm, honest rendering of family life." --Elle Magazine

"She has beautifully captured the threshold experience of the new immigrant." --New York Times Book Review
Book Information
PublisherAlgonquin Books
BindingHardcover (32 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages308
ISBN-100945575572
ISBN-13978-0945575573
Publication Date01/04/1991
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About Julia Alvarez (Author) : Julia Alvarez is a published author, editor, and a narrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Julia Alvarez include Before We Were Free (Unabridged), Finding ... more
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