000			02455cam a22003738i 4500
001			on1079850327
003			OCoLC
005			20190904102220.0
008			190315s2019 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2019012554
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dLMJ _dDPL _dOCLCO _dWKM _dNFG
020			_a9781250205933 _q(hardcover)
020			_a125020593X
035			_a(OCoLC)1079850327
042			_apcc
092			_aCruz, _bAngie
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aCruz, Angie, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDominicana : _ba novel / _cAngie Cruz.
250			_aFirst Edition.
263			_a1909
264		1	_aNew York : _bFlatiron Books, _c2019.
300			_a322 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aFifteen-year-old Ana Canción never dreamed of moving to America, the way the girls she grew up with in the Dominican countryside did. But when Juan Ruiz proposes and promises to take her to New York City, she has to say yes. It doesn't matter that he is twice her age, that there is no love between them. Their marriage is an opportunity for her entire close-knit family to eventually immigrate. So on New Year's Day, 1965, Ana leaves behind everything she knows and becomes Ana Ruiz, a wife confined to a cold six-floor walk-up in Washington Heights. Lonely and miserable, Ana hatches a reckless plan to escape. But at the bus terminal, she is stopped by César, Juan's free-spirited younger brother, who convinces her to stay. As the Dominican Republic slides into political turmoil, Juan returns to protect his family's assets, leaving César to take care of Ana. Suddenly, Ana is free to take English lessons at a local church, lie on the beach at Coney Island, see a movie at Radio City Music Hall, go dancing with César, and imagine the possibility of a different kind of life in America. When Juan returns, Ana must decide once again between her heart and her duty to her family. In bright, musical prose that reflects the energy of New York City, Angie Cruz's Dominicana is a vital portrait of the immigrant experience and the timeless coming-of-age story of a young woman finding her voice in the world.
650		0	_aImmigrants _vFiction.
650		0	_aMan-woman relationships _vFiction.
650		0	_aFamilies _vFiction.
651		0	_aNew York (N.Y.) _vFiction.
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c298370 _d298370