bethanybarkley 's review for:

Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez

3.0

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Sometimes a book where the actual day in the life activities can be more impacting than a build to one huge climax. That was this book. It was good but I wanted more. It left me wishing there were more historical facts woven through as the author says she interviewed many in preparation for the writing of this book who lived through it. It felt like she was holding out.