A review by honeybeeleereviews
The Woman I Kept to Myself by Julia Alvarez

4.0

This book is a collection of poems rich with language and influences of two cultures: the Dominican Republic and America. Alvarez paints vivid pictures as she writes about her life growing up. As you read Alvarez draws you into her life from her childhood in Dominican Republic to moving to American and the struggles she faced having to learn a new language. What I love about this book is that there are many poems to relate to depending on what stage of your life you are on. This is defiantly an book I would read again and again throughout my life to experience the poems a new.