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The Cemetery of Untold Stories
by Julia Alvarez
In Julia Alvarez’s Cemetery of Untold Stories, Alma, an author and professor, decides to retire from writing. She returns to the Dominican Republic, where her father has left her some property, and literally buries her unfinished works.
To gain entry to the cemetery, you first must tell a story. And this is how Filomena becomes part the cemetery’s caretaker. As she cleans and sits with the graves, the stories come alive and intertwine with each other as well as Filomena and Alma’s pasts.
Alvarez weaves together magic, history, memory, and family trauma and secrets. It’s a beautiful story that can be funny but also heart breaking and I loved all the connections between “real” and “fictional,” past and present.
I received an ARC copy of this book from Algonquin Books in exchange for my honest review.
To gain entry to the cemetery, you first must tell a story. And this is how Filomena becomes part the cemetery’s caretaker. As she cleans and sits with the graves, the stories come alive and intertwine with each other as well as Filomena and Alma’s pasts.
Alvarez weaves together magic, history, memory, and family trauma and secrets. It’s a beautiful story that can be funny but also heart breaking and I loved all the connections between “real” and “fictional,” past and present.
I received an ARC copy of this book from Algonquin Books in exchange for my honest review.