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Alvarez, ¡YO!

Alvarez, ¡YO!

Alvarez, Julia. ¡YO! [Signed]. First edition. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Algonquin Books, 1997. 13 x 18.5cm. 309 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, like new. Signed by the author.

A zesty, exuberant follow-up to the popular How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, full of Julia Alvarez’s keen observations and tender affection for her characters. The Garcia Girls are back, most notably Yolanda, or Yo, who has grown up to be a writer. In the process, she has managed to get kicked out of college, break more than a few hearts, have her own heart broken many times, return for extended visits to the Dominican Republic her family fled when she was a child, and marry three times. She has also infuriated her entire family by publishing the intimate details of their lives as fiction. This brilliant novel is a full and true exploration of a woman’s soul, a meditation on the writing life, and a lyrical account of the immigrant’s search for identity and a place in the world. [From dustjacket notes]

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Alvarez, ¡YO!
Alvarez, ¡YO!

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