Julia Alvarez
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Español
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La fiesta de quince años de las muchachas latinas o "la quinceañera, " como se le conoce en Estados Unidos, se ha convertido en una tendencia singularmente americana. Esta espléndida fiesta a menudo es tan costosa como un baile de graduación o una boda. Sin embargo, muchas jóvenes latinas sienten que tienen derecho a este rito de iniciación, que señala el momento en que se vuelven mujeres, y esperan que no se escatime ningún gasto, ni siquiera...
45) Tia Lola stories
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English
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How Tía Lola came to visit stay: Although ten-year-old Miguel is at first embarrassed by his colorful great aunt, Tia Lola, when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and him after his parents' divorce, he learns to love her.
How Tía Lola learned to teach: Juanita and Miguel's great aunt, Tía Lola, comes from the Dominican Republic to help take care of them after their parents divorce, and soon she...
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Español
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Worried that Papa Espada cannot find a job, Tía Lola, Juanita, Miguel, and the "Sword" sisters decide to start a bed and breakfast at Colonel Charlebois's Vermont house.
"Con la ayuda de sus sobrinos y de las tres hermanas Espada, tía Lola abrirá a las puertas de la majestuosa casa antigua del coronel Charlebois a visitantes de todas las procedencias. Pero pronto se darán cuenta de que poner a funcionar este pequeño hotel no resulta tan fácil...
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English
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A collection of poems written in English by a Hispanic American woman, reflecting her experiences as a young girl and as a middle-aged woman. The collection includes the twenty-one-part title poem El Otro Lado which deals with the poet's return to her native Dominican Republic.
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Español
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Juanita and Miguel's great aunt, Taia Lola, comes from the Dominican Republic to help take care of them after their parents divorce, and soon she is so involved in their small Vermont community that when her visa expires, the whole town turns out to support her.
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Español
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Para el niño a quien le ha tocado preguntarse sobre el destino de seres queridos que han muerto, ha venido este tierno libro de Julia Alvarez, autora de libros de mejor venta y de literatura infantil. Este libro plantea las siguientes preguntas: "¿A dónde van lose que mueren? ¿A quién se lo pregunto? ¿Hay álguien que lo sabe?" En todas partes se encuentran atisbos: "¿Es que van donde los lleva el viento? ¿Me hacen guiños--como estrellas...
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Arabic
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The García sisters and their family must flee their home in the Dominican Republic after the discovery of their father's role in an attempt to overthrow the brutal dictator Rafael Trujillo. They arrive in New York City in 1960 to a life far removed from their existence in the Caribbean. In the wondrous but not always welcoming United States, their parents try to hold on to their old ways as the girls try to find new lives.
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Español
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How Tía Lola came to (visit) stay: Although ten-year-old Miguel is at first embarrassed by his colorful great aunt, Tia Lola, when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and him after his parents' divorce, he learns to love her.
How Tía Lola learned to teach: Juanita and Miguel's great aunt, Tía Lola, comes from the Dominican Republic to help take care of them after their parents divorce, and soon...