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A wedding in Haiti : the story of a friendship / by Alvarez, Julia.(CARDINAL)169420;
The popular author talks about three of her most personal relationships--with her parents, with her husband, and with a young Haitian boy known as Piti.960L
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Alvarez, Julia; Alvarez, Julia; Authors, Dominican; Dominican American authors; Dominican American authors; Haitians;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 11
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Yo! / by Alvarez, Julia.(CARDINAL)169420;
The American odyssey of Yo, a Dominican woman writer whose family arrived in the U.S. as refugees from a dictatorship. The novel follows her youth, with its energy and optimism, and the setbacks as she grows older, including two divorces.960LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Dominican Americans; Women authors; Dominican Americans;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 21
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¡Yo! / by Alvarez, Julia,author.(CARDINAL)169420;
Includes bibliographical references.Yolanda Garcia has managed to put herself at the center of many lives. Each part of this novel is told from the viewpoint of one of those first tangled in her web and now frozen in the spotlight her literary fame has generated. While everybody from her three sisters to her third husband attempts to sort out Yo's character, motivations, and behavior, Yo herself never speaks on her own behalf, even though, in her native Spanish, her nickname means "I." "960LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Dominican Americans; Women authors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The lost book of Adana Moreau : a novel / by Zapata, Michael,author.(CARDINAL)827635;
The story of a Latin American science fiction writer and the lives her lost manuscript unites decades later in post-Katrina New Orleans. In 1929 in New Orleans, a Dominican immigrant named Adana Moreau writes a science fiction novel. The novel earns rave reviews, and Adana begins a sequel. Then she falls gravely ill. Just before she dies, she destroys the only copy of the manuscript. Decades later in Chicago, Saul Drower is cleaning out his dead grandfather's home when he discovers a mysterious manuscript written by none other than Adana Moreau. With the help of his friend Javier, Saul tracks down an address for Adana's son in New Orleans, but as Hurricane Katrina strikes they must head to the storm-ravaged city for answers.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Women authors, Dominican; Science fiction; Manuscripts; Immigrants; Hurricane Katrina, 2005;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The lost book of Adana Moreau : a novel / by Zapata, Michael,author.(CARDINAL)827635;
The story of a Latin American science fiction writer and the lives her lost manuscript unites decades later in post-Katrina New Orleans. In 1929 in New Orleans, a Dominican immigrant named Adana Moreau writes a science fiction novel. The novel earns rave reviews, and Adana begins a sequel. Then she falls gravely ill. Just before she dies, she destroys the only copy of the manuscript. Decades later in Chicago, Saul Drower is cleaning out his dead grandfather's home when he discovers a mysterious manuscript written by none other than Adana Moreau. With the help of his friend Javier, Saul tracks down an address for Adana's son in New Orleans, but as Hurricane Katrina strikes they must head to the storm-ravaged city for answers.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Women authors, Dominican; Science fiction; Manuscripts; Immigrants; Hurricane Katrina, 2005;
Available copies: 18 / Total copies: 19
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A wedding in Haiti / by Alvarez, Julia.(CARDINAL)169420;
960L
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Alvarez, Julia; Alvarez, Julia; Dominican American authors; Haitians;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Una boda en Haiti : historia de una Amistad / by Alvarez, Julia.(CARDINAL)169420; Guhl, Mercedes,translator.(CARDINAL)431837;
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Alvarez, Julia; Alvarez, Julia; Alvarez, Julia; Alvarez, Julia; Authors, Dominican; Haitians; Autoras dominicana;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Latino and Latina writers / by West, Alan,1953-(CARDINAL)357378;
Includes bibliographical references and index.v. 1. Introductory essays. Chicano and Chicana authors. Cuban and Cuban-American authors -- v. 2. Dominican and other authors. Puerto Rican authors.
Subjects: American literature; Hispanic Americans; Hispanic Americans in literature.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Yo! / by Alvarez, Julia.(CARDINAL)169420; Prida, Dolores.(CARDINAL)359688;
960LAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Dominican Americans; Women authors, American;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Dominican Republic / by Girma, Lebawit Lily,author.(CARDINAL)429692;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-396) and index.Discover the Dominican Republic -- Santo Domingo -- Punta Cana and the southern coast -- The Samana peninsula -- Puerto Plata and the north coast -- Santiago and the Cibao Valley -- Barahona and the southwest -- Background.
Subjects: Guidebooks.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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