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How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
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it was amazing
bookshelves: hispanic-heritage, coming-of-age, favorites, sisterhood, own

I absolutely loved this book. It's set up like a series of short stories about the family told in reverse chronological order. Here's why I loved it:

1. Even as a second-generation Latino immigrant the stories resonated strongly with me. She perfectly captures that feeling of being between cultures.

2. It was refreshing to see a loving father in the Latin-American genre. I feel like the few books that I've read always have either an absent or deadbeat dad figure.

3 It had a wonderful cast of four sisters who manage to be strong independent women even in difficult circumstances, like a country and family with old-fashioned customs and beliefs.

4. I thought the writing was beautiful and paced evenly.
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Reading Progress

December 11, 2015 – Shelved
December 11, 2015 – Shelved as: to-read
January 11, 2016 – Started Reading
January 11, 2016 – Shelved as: hispanic-heritage
January 11, 2016 –
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January 16, 2016 –
38.0%
January 18, 2016 –
46.0%
January 18, 2016 – Finished Reading
July 6, 2016 – Shelved as: coming-of-age
October 5, 2016 – Shelved as: favorites
October 5, 2016 – Shelved as: sisterhood
December 23, 2019 – Shelved as: own

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Perry Letter-perfect review. Thank you.


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