This comprehensive overview of Julia Alvarez's fiction, nonfiction, and poetry offers biographical information and parses the author's important works and the intentions behind them.
· Chapters on individual works to help the user understand the author's plots, themes, settings, characters, and style
· Discussion questions in each chapter to foster student research and facilitate book-club discussion
· Sidebars of interesting information
· An up-to-date guide to Internet and print resources for further study
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For two decades, Julia Alvarez's books have offered adults and young readers alike a unique perspective on issues related to immigration and the coming of age of Latina girls in the United States. Meet this fascinating Dominican-American author and learn more about her work in this resource, which is sure to appeal to students writing reports, book clubs, and fans.
Alice L. Trupe is associate professor of English and directs the writing center at Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA.
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