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I YO!
by Alvarez, Julia
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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Synopsis
At last! A zesty, exuberant follow-up to the wildly 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. The injured parties--her mother, her sisters, the Dominican cousins, the maid?s daughter, her teachers, her lover, want to tell their side of the story, and !Yo! hands the microphone to them. Cousin Lucinda shrugs off Yo's characterization of her as a "Latin American Barbie" with "a size three soul," saying, "Looking at her in her late 30s, knocking around the world without a husband, house, or children, I think you are the haunted one who ended up living your life mostly on paper." 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. !Yo! 's bright colors, zesty dialogue, warm feeling, and genuine insight could only come from the palette of Julia Alvarez.
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- Seller
- Waverley Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 3022
- Title
- I YO!
- Author
- Alvarez, Julia
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- ALGONQUIN. CHAPEL HILL 1996
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Latin American & Chicano Literature/uncorrected Proofs/201
- Bookseller catalogs
- List201;
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