Julia Alvarez, author portrait
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Julia Alvarez

JULIA ALVAREZ left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960, at the age of ten. She is the author of numerous works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, including her beloved first novel, How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, and In the Time of the Butterflies, which was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for its Big Read program. She was the subject of an American Masters documentary, Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined, on PBS and was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama. She lives in Vermont.

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Before We Were Free
Finding Miracles
Antes de ser libres
De como tia Lola termino empezando otra vez (How Aunt Lola Ended Up Starting Over Spanish Edition)
De como tia Lola vino (de visita) a quedarse (How Aunt Lola Came to (Visit) StaySpanish Edition)
Return to Sender
Once Upon a Quinceanera
En busca de milagros
En el tiempo de las mariposas
How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay
Yo! (Spanish Language Edition)
The Other Side/El Otro Lado
Homecoming

Books

Before We Were Free
Finding Miracles
Antes de ser libres
De como tia Lola termino empezando otra vez (How Aunt Lola Ended Up Starting Over Spanish Edition)
De como tia Lola vino (de visita) a quedarse (How Aunt Lola Came to (Visit) StaySpanish Edition)
Return to Sender
Once Upon a Quinceanera
En busca de milagros
En el tiempo de las mariposas
How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay
Yo! (Spanish Language Edition)
The Other Side/El Otro Lado
Homecoming

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