Banāt Jārsiyā bi-al-laknat al-amrīkīyah: riwāyah/
بنات جارسيا باللكنة الأمريكية: رواية/
The García sisters and their family must flee their home in the Dominican Republic after the discovery of their father's role in an attempt to overthrow the brutal dictator Rafael Trujillo. They arrive in New York City in 1960 to a life far removed from their existence in the Caribbean. In the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Arabic English |
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al-Qāhirah:
al-Kutub Khān lil-Nashr wa-al-Tawzīʻ,
2019.
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| Edition: | al-Ṭabʻah al-ūla. |
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| Summary: | The García sisters and their family must flee their home in the Dominican Republic after the discovery of their father's role in an attempt to overthrow the brutal dictator Rafael Trujillo. They arrive in New York City in 1960 to a life far removed from their existence in the Caribbean. In the wondrous but not always welcoming United States, their parents try to hold on to their old ways as the girls try to find new lives. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: How the Garcia girls lost their accents. |
| Physical Description: | 326 pages; 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 9789778031041 9778031045 |