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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

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Hello dear readers,  is  been  been a long time since I've published an English book review and also in my blog... Here is the thing, I was very busy with school and (I still am). And I didn't have much time to read on February. This is the only book that I had read. Enjoy! Book Report  Title of the book: How the Garcia Girls lost their accent Author: Julia Alvarez Date started/Date completed: 02/12/2020/02/29/2020 Pages Read: 290 Rating of the book : 10/10 Genre: Novel of Learning, Reality Author Born on March 27, 1950, in New York City, Julia Alvarez was raised in the Dominican Republic, but had to leave the country when she was 10 years old; her family had supported an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow dictator Rafael Trujillo, and then fled to Brooklyn, New York. Struggling at first to adapt to her new home, Alvarez graduated from Middlebury College in 1971, and went on to earn a master's degree from Syracuse University in 1975. The theme o