Cuando tenía quince años y vivía enamorada hasta del aire , las palabras que repetía constantemente siempre estaban relacionadas con la tristeza . Cada vez que vivía un amor apasionado no correspondido , me sumergía en depresiones eternas y me regocijaba recitando cosas como "Es tan corto el amor y ...
read during my AIG YearsI Remember: a tale of a family during the Cuban Revolution... a focus on the voices of women... epic in scope, intimate in perspective... wonderfully differentiated characters, you really get to understand them, all about them, well beyond the politics - although the politics...
Nearly unreadable. I didn't like any of the narrators, the period details didn't ring especially true, and it felt more like a grown person looking back fondly on an idealized, if hypersexualized, adolescent period. The writing is pedestrian at best. It's basically about three rich girls who go to b...
This book was almost like stepping into a painting: bright, vivid, and realistic.Lasting.--This was less like a book and more of a glimpse into a looking glass showing us a reflection of the story of three completely different girls. Through varying situations in their lives they ended up at a posh ...
The story of three immigrants in the United States whose lives eventually intertwine. "Everyone talked about living the American dream, but what about its ravages?"The joys and challenges of trying to make a life in a country that is not your own. Great novel.
I posted this review on my blog Quelle's Thoughts as part of my 25 Books Every Latina Should Read project: http://anoldfashionedgirl.blogspot.com/2010/05/25-books-latinas-should-read-dreaming.html Just one look at the cover and the title and I was hooked. Out of the 25 Books Latinas Should Read lis...
Cristina Garcia created three likable, colorful characters, any of which had the potential for a great novel on his/her own. Then she inexplicably placed them all in the same novel and switched back and forth between their stories. The result is that we never really get to know any of them or thei...
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