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From Publishers Weekly Fifteen tales vividly chronicle a Dominican family's exile in the Bronx, focusing on the four Garcia daughters' rebellion against their immigrant elders. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Amazon.com Author Julia Alvarez and her family escaped from the Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic when she was 10. In Before We Were Free she imagines, through the stories of her cousins and friends, how it was for those who stayed behind.
Amazon.com A tale of courage and sisterhood set in the Dominican Republic during the rise of the Trujillo dictatorship. A skillful blend of fact and fiction, In the Time of the Butterflies is inspired by the true story of the three Mirabal Sisters.
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Real Life and Times in the Dominican Republic
Quisqueya LA Bella:
"This is a collector's item which needs to be read and guarded carefully on the shelf of individuals seriously interested in the Caribbean. Actually, this book should be required reading for those making their first trip to the island. This book doesn't read like the conventional history text. It flows lyrically like the waves of the Caribbean itself."
"An added feature of this book was explanation of the "dominicanismos", language particular to Dominicans that is heard in everyday speech" taken from Amazon.coms book review
