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Dominicana: A Novel
Flatiron Books
ISBN13:
9781250205933
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I have been eagerly waiting for a new book from Angie Cruz. So glad the time has come. Edwidge Danticat, author of Brother Im Dying and Breath, Eyes, Memory Gorgeous writing, gorgeous story. Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street An essential read for our times. Cristina Garcia, author of Dreaming in Cuban Fifteen-year-old Ana Cancion never dreamed of moving to America, the way the girls she grew up with in the Dominican countryside did. But when Juan Ruiz proposes and promises to take her to New York City, she has to say yes. It doesnt matter that he is twice her age, that there is no love between them. Their marriage is an opportunity for her entire close-knit family to eventually immigrate. So on New Years Day, 1965, Ana leaves behind everything she knows and becomes Ana Ruiz, a wife confined to a cold six-floor walk-up in Washington Heights. Lonely and miserable, Ana hatches a reckless plan to escape. But at the bus terminal, she is stopped by Cesar, Juans free-spirited younger brother, who convinces her to stay. As the Dominican Republic slides into political turmoil, Juan returns to protect his familys assets, leaving Cesar to take care of Ana. Suddenly, Ana is free to take English lessons at a local church, lie on the beach at Coney Island, see a movie at Radio City Music Hall, go dancing with Cesar, and imagine the possibility of a different kind of life in America. When Juan returns, Ana must decide once again between her heart and her duty to her family.
- | Author: Angie Cruz
- | Publisher: Flatiron Books
- | Publication Date: September 03, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 336 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 125020593X
- | ISBN-13: 9781250205933
- Author:
- Angie Cruz
- Publisher:
- Flatiron Books
- Publication Date:
- September 03, 2019
- Number of pages:
- 336 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 125020593X
- ISBN-13:
- 9781250205933