Bibliograph

Dominicana, Angie Cruz ; traducción de Kianny N. Antigua

Type

Label

Dominicana, Angie Cruz ; traducción de Kianny N. Antigua

Language

spa

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Dominicana

Oclc number

1237651947

Responsibility statement

Angie Cruz ; traducción de Kianny N. Antigua

Summary

"On the last day of 1964, fifteen-year-old Ana Canción marries Juan Ruiz, a man twice her age, in the Dominican countryside. The following day she becomes Ana Ruiz, a wife confined to a one-bedroom in Washington Heights. Juan is unfaithful, abusive, and controlling, he even forbids her from learning English. After a failed escape, Ana learns she is pregnant. Both her mother and husband compare her pregnancy to winning the lottery, her child will have American citizenship. Juan returns briefly to the Dominican Republic when the civil war begins, leaving César, his brother, to care for Ana. During that respite from confinement she experiences true love, which awakens her will to fight for independence from her abuser and for the right to stay in her adopted homeland. A timeless portrait of womanhood and citizenship, which rings true in this era of forced migration"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification