| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
90048575 //r984 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780945575573 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0945575572 |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
n-us--- |
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n-us-ny |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
AJMA |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
PS3551.L845 |
| Item number |
H66 1991 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
Alv |
| Item number |
2 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
Alv |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Alvarez, Julia |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
How the Garcia girls lost their accents |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Julia Alvarez. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Chapel Hill, N.C. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1991. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
290 p. : |
| Other physical details |
1 ill. ; Hardback |
| Dimensions |
19 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
The Garcías—Dr. Carlos (Papi), his wife Laura (Mami), and their four daughters, Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofía—belong to the uppermost echelon of Spanish Caribbean society, descended from the conquistadores. Their family compound adjoins the palacio of the dictator’s daughter. So when Dr. García’s part in a coup attempt is discovered, the family must flee.
They arrive in New York City in 1960 to a life far removed from their existence in the Dominican Republic. Papi has to find new patients in the Bronx. Mami, far from the compound and the family retainers, must find herself. Meanwhile, the girls try to lose themselves—by forgetting their Spanish, by straightening their hair and wearing fringed bell bottoms. For them, it is at once liberating and excruciating being caught between the old world and the new, trying to live up to their father’s version of honor while accommodating the expectations of their American boyfriends. Acclaimed writer Julia Alvarez’s brilliant and buoyant first novel sets the García girls free to tell their most intimate stories about how they came to be at home—and not at home—in America. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) |
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| Local note |
76330 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Sisters |
| General subdivision |
Fiction. |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Dominican Americans |
| General subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) |
| General subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
Fiction |