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"Un libro importante... emocionalmente sobrecogedor. Alvarez nos hace un regalo cargado de rara generosidad y coraje."--The San Diego Union-Tribune
"Un regalo de amor sinfonico y esplendido... un magnifico tesoro para todas las culturas y todos los tiempos... una novela que celebra la corriente de vida que fluye entre las mujeres, conectandolas y dandolas coraje para luchar por la justicia y la resistencia, y corazones para amar y perdonar libremente... Julia Alvarez es una escritora asombrosa."--St. Petersburg Times
"Maravilloso... una narracion enriquecedora... entrelaza habilmente la realidad y la ficcion hasta alcanzar un sobrecogedor climax."--Newsweek
"Una novela con un tremendo poder... un libro bello y valiente."--West Coast Review of Books
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"Phenomenal... indispensable. Alvarez's novelistic eye makes Once Upon a Quinceanera an intimate, intoxicating read."--San Francisco Chronicle
"A journey into experiencing a vital, exuberant ritual of modern Latino life... As an author, Alvarez is a terrific tour guide."--The Seattle Times
"[Alvarez] brings a critical eye to long-held myths... Each page is a love song to the cultural ties that bind generations of women from a diverse group of countries."--Chicago Sun-Times
"Fascinating, exhaustively researched."--The Washington Post
"Alvarez's honest grappling with her caught-between-two-cultures experience is compelling."--Entertainment Weekly
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- PublisherE P Dutton
- Publication date1995
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- ISBN 13 9780525939221
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