Binding: Paperback
Description: A GOOD Morning Americ a BOOK CLUB PICK Shortlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction Angie Cruz's Dominicana is a vital portrait of the immigrant experience and the timeless coming - of - age story of a young woman finding her voice in the world 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 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.
Title: Dominicana A Novel
Author(s): Cruz Angie
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Barcode: 9781250205940
Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/25/2020
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction