How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

Name: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Author: Julia Alvarez

by Julia Alvarez

Dominican sisters adjust to life in America after dictatorship exile

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Julia Alvarez

Dominican-American novelist and poet whose fiction explores the lives of women navigating dictatorship, immigration, and identity. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents is a landmark of Latina literature. Her work blends personal and political history with lyrical grace.

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