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1	How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist The debut novel from the highly acclaimed writer Julia Alvarez. Dr. Carlos Garcia's role in a failed coup on a Caribbean island means that he and his wife, Laura, must flee with their four daughters and abandon their aristocratic lifestyle for a new life as Hispanic immigrants in America. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	In the Time of the Butterflies more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist This second novel from author Alvarez is based on actual events in Santo Domingo. The lives of three sisters are explored who lived dangerously under the oppressive dictator, Trujillo, who imprisoned, tortured, and killed his own people with impunity. Dede, the fourth sister, narrates the sequence of events that lead to her sisters' murders. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Saving the World more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist ALVAREZ' S resplendent new novel takes us into the worlds of two women swept up in campaigns against the scourges of their day. Alma Huebner, a Latin American novelist transplanted to the United States, is writing another of her bestselling family sagas. Her husband works for a humanitarian organization dedicated to health and prosperity in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	How Tia Lola Came to Stay more books like this by J Alvarez add to wishlist After their parents divorce, Miguel (almost 10) and his younger sister, Juanita, move with their mother from New York City to Vermont. Life changes even more for Miguel when his Tía (Aunt) Lola arrives from the Dominican Republic. At first, Tía Lola says she is only coming for a brief visit, but as she gets involved in his life, Miguel begins to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Yo! more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist Legendary writer Yolanda García has been married three times, and has entangled countless people in the web of her magnetic personality. This is her story, told from the points of view of some of them, and it adds up to a portrait of a remarkable and charismatic woman. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Before We Were Free more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist By 1960, most of 12-year-old Anita de la Torre's relatives have emigrated from the Dominican Republic to the United States. But her Tio Toni has disappeared, and the government's secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition of el Trujillo's dictatorship. Using the courage of her family, Anita must overcome her ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Once Upon a Quinceanera: Coming of Age in the USA more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist The bestselling author of "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents" explores the phenomenon of the Latina sweet 15 celebration. An enlightening and entertaining portrait of contemporary Latino culture, this title also takes a critical look at the social consequences of the quince parties. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.04! \| first editions \| SVS
8	En el Tiempo de las Mariposas more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist It is November 25, 1960, and the bodies of three beautiful, convent-educated sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. El Caribe, the official newspaper, reports their deaths as an accident. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| SVS
9	In the Name of Salome more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist When 66-year-old Camila decides to leave her comfortable life behind and join Castro's revolution in Cuba, she begins to make peace with her past and can at last relate to her mother, Salom Urea, the "Emily Dickinson of the Dominican Republic". Now in paperback comes this bestselling work of historical fiction by the acclaimed author of "How the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	de Como las Muchachas Garcia Perdieron el Acento more books like this by Julia Alvarez, Mercedes Guhl (Translator) add to wishlist This national bestseller "beautifully captures the threshold experience of the new immigrant, where the past is not yet a memory" ("The New York Times Book Review"). see all copies from $8.24! new only from $8.75! \| SVS
11 view cover	A Gift of Gracias: The Legend of Altagracia more books like this by Julia Alvarez, Beatriz Vidal (Illustrator) add to wishlist After Maria's family's olive crop fails, a mysterious woman appears in her dreams and suggests the family grow oranges instead. That very day the family plants seeds that yield a magnificent orange grove and saves the farm. Who was the mysterious woman? Illustrations. see all copies from $4.40! new only from $9.73! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	En el Nombre de Salome more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist From the author of "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents" and "In the Time of Butterflies" comes an epic and intimate novel about two generations of Dominican women and their personal impact on history. see all copies from $2.50! new only from $9.13! \| SVS
13 view cover	Finding Miracles more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist Beautifully written by the renowned author, this heartfelt coming-of-age story examines the emotional complexity of familial relationships and the miracles of everyday life when an adopted American teenager decides to make a courageous journey to her homeland. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Something to Declare more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist This first nonfiction work by this acclaimed novelist includes 24 personal essays on her writing life as well as her experience emigrating from the Dominican Republic. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	A Cafecito Story/El Cuento del Cafecito by Julia Alvarez, Belkis Ramirez (Illustrator), Bill Eichner (Afterword by) add to wishlist Alvarez pens a simple story of a man, a new life, and struggling to survive. Includes woodcuts by Belkis Ramirez, an artist from the Dominican Republic see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Woman I Kept to Myself more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist The works of award-winning poet and novelist Julia Alvarez are rich with the language and influences of two cultures: the Dominican Republic of her childhood and the America of her youth and adulthood. They have shaped her writing just as they have shaped her life. Since her first celebrated novel, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, she ... see all copies from $17.50! new only from $44.97! \| first editions
17 view cover	A Cafecito Story by Julia Alvarez, Belkis Ramirez (Illustrator) add to wishlist "A Cafecito Story" is a story of love, coffee, birds and hope. It is a beautifully written eco-fable by best-selling author Julia Alvarez. Based on her and her husband's experiences trying to reclaim a small coffee farm in her native Dominican Republic, "A Cafecito Story" shows how the return to the traditional methods of shade-grown coffee can ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.35! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Para Salvar Al Mundo more books like this by Julia Alvarez, Jesus Vega (Translator) add to wishlist ?lvarez's celebrated new novel takes us into the worlds of two women swept up in campaigns against the scourges of their day: Alma, a Latin American novelist relocated to the United States, who is having writer's block while writing her new bestselling family sagas, and Isabel's story many years before. A brilliant novel-within-a-novel, Para ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.77! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Something to Declare: Essays more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist In her first book of nonfiction, Alvarez presents 12 essays that take readers behind the scenes to share the lessons she's learned on the way to becoming an internationally acclaimed novelist. "(Alvarez is) a writer on a different kind of edge . . . who uses language skillfully to depict complex inner lives".--"The Nation". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Other Side/El Otro Lado more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist Poetry by the celebrated novelist, including a poem cycle about the emotional complications of her return to the Dominican Republic. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Return to Sender more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn't sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters--particularly the oldest Mari? see all copies from $5.00! new only from $10.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Secret Footprints more books like this by Julia Alvarez, Fabian Negrin (Illustrator) add to wishlist Based upon a legend from the Dominican Republic, this book for children is by the celebrated author of adult fiction Julia Alvarez. It tells the story of the ciguapas, mysterious sea creatures so fearful of humans that they only come ashore at night--and their humanlike feet leave backward footprints, so they can't be pursued. One evening, Guapa, ... see all copies from $4.33! new only from $4.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Homecoming: New and Collected Poems more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist A new and expanded edition of Alvarez's 1984 collection of poems. see all copies from $6.99! new only from $10.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24	The Other Side more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist Poetry by the celebrated novelist, including a poem cycle about the emotional complications of her return to the Dominican Republic. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Cuando Ta-A Lola Vino (de Visita) a Quedarse more books like this by Julia Alvarez, Liliana Valenzuela (Translator) add to wishlist "A delightfully entertaining story of family and culture from acclaimed author Julia Alvarez." Moving to Vermont after his parents split, Miguel has plenty to worry about! Tia Lola, his quirky, "carismatica," and maybe magical aunt makes his life even more unpredictable when she arrives from the Dominican Republic to help out his Mami. Like her ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.29! \| SVS

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