The Immigrant Experience in America

 

How the Garcia girls lost their accents

In the 1960s, political tension forces the García family away from Santo Domingo and towards the Bronx. The sisters all hit their strides in America, adapting and thriving despite cultural differences, language barriers, and prejudice. But Mami and

Breath, eyes, memory

"Vintage Contemporaries"

The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao

Living with an old-world mother and rebellious sister, an urban New Jersey misfit dreams of becoming the next J. R. R. Tolkien and believes that a long-standing family curse is thwarting his efforts to find love and happiness.

The namesake

Reprint. Originally published: 2003. "A Mariner book." "The New York Times bestseller now a major motion picture"--Cover.

White teeth

"Originally published ... by Hamish Hamilton, London, and subsequently ... by Random House, Inc., New York, in 2000"--T.p. verso.

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