Yo!
FictionDominican AmericansDominican Americans in fictionDominican Republic in fictionWomen authors
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Open LibraryAbout this book
"I've been asked if this novel is a sequel to How The García Girls Lost Their Accents. Not at all. The García family and their immigration to the USA were the focus of the first novel. In this novel, the character of Yolanda serves as a sort of catalyst to bring forth stories from friends, family members, strangers who have a score to settle with her. In the course of telling their stories, these characters often reveal more about their own yos ("I" in Spanish) than about Yo." via http://www.juliaalvarez.com/novels/
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FictionDominican AmericansDominican Americans in fictionDominican Republic in fictionWomen authorsWomen authors in fiction
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Dominican RepublicNew York (N.Y.)New YorkNew York (State)Nueva York (Nueva York)New York (Estados Unidos)República Dominicana
About the author
Julia Alvarez
March 27, 1950
Born in New York City in 1950, Julia Alvarez's parents returned to their native country, Dominican Republic, shortly after her birth. Ten years later, the family was forced to flee to the United States because of her father’s involvement in a plot to overthrow the dictator, Trujillo. Alvarez has written novels (How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, In the Time of the Butterflies, ¡Yo!, In the Name of Salomé, Saving the World, Afterlife), collections of poems (Homecoming, The Other Side/ El Otro Lado, The Woman I Kept to Myself), nonfiction (Something to Declare, Once Upon A Quinceañera, and A Wedding in Haiti), and numerous books for young readers (including the Tía Lola Stories seri…
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