Julia Alvarez, author portrait
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Julia Alvarez

Julia Alvarez is the author of the novels How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, In the Time of the Butterflies (a national Book Critics Circle Award finalist), and Yo!. She has also published two poetry collections (Homecoming and The Other side/El Otro Lado) and a collection of essays (Something to Declare).

Julia Álvarez es la autora de De cómo las chicas García perdieron el acento, En el tiempo de las mariposas (un finalista del National Book Critics Circle Award) y ¡Yo!. También ha publicado dos colecciones de poesía y una colección de ensayos. Julia Álvarez vive en Vermont y en República Dominicana, donde dirige una cooperativa de café orgánico, y un centro de alfabetización y arte con su esposo.
In the Time of the Butterflies
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
Before We Were Free
Finding Miracles
Antes de ser libres
Una boda en Haiti
Un regalo de gracias
De como tia Lola termino empezando otra vez (How Aunt Lola Ended Up Starting Over Spanish Edition)
De como tia Lola salvo el verano (How Aunt Lola Saved the Summer Spanish Edition)
How Tia Lola Ended Up Starting Over
De como tia Lola aprendio a ensenar (How Aunt Lola Learned to Teach Spanish Edition)
De como tia Lola vino (de visita) a quedarse (How Aunt Lola Came to (Visit) Stay Spanish Edition)
How Tia Lola Saved the Summer
A Gift of Gracias
How Tia Lola Learned to Teach
Devolver al Remitente (Return to Sender Spanish Edition)
How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay
Return to Sender
Once Upon a Quinceanera
En busca de milagros
En el tiempo de las mariposas
Las huellas secretas
The Secret Footprints
Yo! (Spanish Language Edition)
The Other Side/El Otro Lado
Homecoming

Books

In the Time of the Butterflies
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
Before We Were Free
Finding Miracles
Antes de ser libres
Una boda en Haiti
Un regalo de gracias
De como tia Lola termino empezando otra vez (How Aunt Lola Ended Up Starting Over Spanish Edition)
De como tia Lola salvo el verano (How Aunt Lola Saved the Summer Spanish Edition)
How Tia Lola Ended Up Starting Over
De como tia Lola aprendio a ensenar (How Aunt Lola Learned to Teach Spanish Edition)
De como tia Lola vino (de visita) a quedarse (How Aunt Lola Came to (Visit) Stay Spanish Edition)
How Tia Lola Saved the Summer
A Gift of Gracias
How Tia Lola Learned to Teach
Devolver al Remitente (Return to Sender Spanish Edition)
How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay
Return to Sender
Once Upon a Quinceanera
En busca de milagros
En el tiempo de las mariposas
Las huellas secretas
The Secret Footprints
Yo! (Spanish Language Edition)
The Other Side/El Otro Lado
Homecoming

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