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nanyspurplepages 's review for:
Before We Were Free
by Julia Alvarez
This was an incredible choice for my first book on my #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth reading mission. Short of the obvious and well-known details about Trujillo and his reign of fear, I had never actually heard or read about stories this personal. Even though this was a work of "fiction", I knew Julia Alvarez lived in the time of Trujillo and was digging deep for the poignant stories needed to convey the pain and conflict Dominicans suffered. Then she delicately weaved in Anita and her family, and it was magical. I loved it!