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Alyna, unwillingly betrothed to Prince Ahmadi, comes under the protection of the `dangerous dandy'. His unusual devotion to her problem brings fear, danger and finally great happiness.

A delightfully entertaining story of family and culture from acclaimed author Julia Alvarez.Moving to Vermont after his parents split, Miguel has plenty to worry about!

Tía Lola has been invited to teach Spanish at her niece and nephew's elementary school. But Miguel wants nothing to do with the arrangement.

After their olive crop fails, Maria fears that her family will have to abandon their farm on the new island colony.

"[A] beguiling memoir of family and culture." -O, The Oprah Magazine.

A best-selling, Latin-American author living in Vermont, Alma stays behind when her husband travels to the Dominican Republic to help fight AIDS.

"Julia Alvarez has suitcases full of history (public and private), trunks full of insights into what it means to be a Latina in the United States, bags full of literary wisdom." -Los Ange

Literary icon Julia Alvarez, the international bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, returns with a luminescent novel about storytelling