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008			221216s2020 nyu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9781250205940
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040			_beng _cBJBSDDR
041			_aeng
050	1	4	_aPS 3603 _bC957d 2020
082	0	0	_a813.6
100	1		_aCruz, Angie, _d1972- _926835
245	1	0	_aDominicana : _b[a novel] / _cAngie Cruz
260			_aNew York : _bFlatiron Books, _c2020.
300			_a322 pages ; _c21 cm
500			_aIncludes reading group guide with discussion questions
520			_aFifteen-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 doesn't 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 Year's 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, Juan's free-spirited younger brother, who convinces her to stay. As the Dominican Republic slides into political turmoil, Juan returns to protect his family's 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. -- publisher's website
650		4	_9203 _aNovela estadounidense
650		4	_9169 _aInmigrantes _vNovela
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