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Genre/Form: | Fictional Work Bildungsromans Pastoral fiction Fiction Romans Romans, nouvelles, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Alvarez, Julia. How the García girls lost their accents. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1991 (OCoLC)551338082 |
Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Julia Alvarez |
ISBN: | 0945575572 9780945575573 9780452268067 0452268060 9781565129757 156512975X 0452287073 9780452287075 |
OCLC Number: | 22450948 |
Notes: | Sequel: Yo! |
Description: | 290 pages : 1 illustration ; 19 cm. |
Contents: | Antojos -- The kiss -- The four girls -- Joe -- The Rudy Elmenhurst story -- A regular revolution -- Daughter of invention -- Trespass -- Snow -- Floor show -- Blood of the conquistadores -- The human body -- Still lives -- An American surprise -- The drum. |
Series Title: | Plume essential editions |
Responsibility: | by Julia Alvarez. |
More information: |
Abstract:
Eagerly embracing their new American culture in Miami, the four Garcia women iron their hair, smoke cigarettes, date American men, forget their Spanish, and lose their accents, all in their journey toward adulthood.
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