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In the Time of the Butterflies
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Noemi de la Puente, Alma Cuervo, Bianca Carnacho, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
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It is November 25, 1960, and the bodies of three beautiful, convent-educated sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. El Caribe, the official newspaper, reports their deaths as an accident. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of General Raphael Leonidas Trujillo's dictatorship.
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Excellent!
- By Santiago on 03-31-10
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In the Time of the Butterflies
- Narrated by: Noemi de la Puente, Alma Cuervo, Bianca Carnacho, Melanie Martinez
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 07-18-07
- Language: English
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Afterlife
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, suddenly dies. And then more jolts: her bighearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep.
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That's all?
- By Karenmarie on 05-06-20
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Afterlife
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 04-07-20
- Language: English
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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Blanca Camacho, Annie Henk, Annie Kozuch, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents captures the vivid lives of the Garcia sisters, four privileged and rebellious Dominican girls adapting to their new lives in America. In the 1960s, political tension forces the Garcia family away from Santo Domingo and toward the Bronx. The sisters all hit their strides in America, adapting and thriving despite cultural differences, language barriers, and prejudice.
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I'm Latina and even I didn't like it
- By Anonymous User on 07-28-19
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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
- Narrated by: Blanca Camacho, Annie Henk, Annie Kozuch, Noemi de la Puente, Melanie Martinez
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 07-11-07
- Language: English
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Before We Were Free
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Julia Alvarez
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
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Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition of el Trujillo’s dictatorship.
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Talented Author Left Much To Be Expected Narrating
- By Lily on 01-08-18
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Before We Were Free
- Narrated by: Julia Alvarez
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 10-05-04
- Language: English
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En el Tiempo de las Mariposas (Texto Completo) [In the Time of the Butterflies]
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Rosie Berrido
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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En esta novela, Julia Álvarez recrea magistralmente la historia real de tres hermanas que fueron brutalmente asesinadas por oponerse a la dictadura de Rafael Trujillo en República Dominicana. Treinta años después del crimen, la autora dio voz a cada una de ellas en un sentido homenaje a su valentía. Incluyo también a Dedé, la hermana sobreviviente que cuenta un capítulo muy oscuro de la historia con ternura y bondad.
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excelente libro, con una excelente narración
- By Nadia on 05-08-18
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En el Tiempo de las Mariposas (Texto Completo) [In the Time of the Butterflies]
- Narrated by: Rosie Berrido
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 12-10-07
- Language: Spanish
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Antes de Ser Libres [Before We Were Free]
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Maria Siccardi
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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This is the story of Anita de la Torre, a 12-year-old girl living in the Dominican Republic in 1960. Most of her relatives have immigrated to the United States, her Tio Toni has disappeared, Papi has been getting mysterious phone calls about butterflies, and someone named Mr. Smith and the secret police have started terrorizing her family. While Anita deals with this frightening series of events, she also struggles with her adolescence and her own personal fight to be free.
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A great follow-up to En el Tiempo de las Mariposas
- By Suzy Fox on 09-24-12
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Antes de Ser Libres [Before We Were Free]
- Narrated by: Maria Siccardi
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 02-20-12
- Language: Spanish
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How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Michelle Gonzalez
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
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Moving to Vermont after his parents split, Miguel has plenty to worry about! Tía Lola, his quirky, carismática, and maybe magical aunt makes his life even more unpredictable when she arrives from the Dominican Republic to help out his Mami. Like her stories for adults, Julia Alvarez’s first middle-grade book sparkles with magic as it illuminates a child’s experiences living in two cultures.
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How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay
- Narrated by: Michelle Gonzalez
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 10-12-10
- Language: English
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Return to Sender
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Ozzie Rodriguez, Olivia Preciado
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
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Tyler isn’t sure what to make of these workers.Tyler isn’t sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected her American life. Her family lives in constant fear of being discovered by the authorities and sent back to the poverty they left behind in Mexico. Can Tyler and Mari find a way to be friends despite their differences?
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Great Book for preteens
- By Anonymous User on 02-10-18
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Return to Sender
- Narrated by: Ozzie Rodriguez, Olivia Preciado
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 09-14-10
- Language: English
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El cuento del cafecito [The Story of Coffee]
- By: Julia Álvarez, Daisy Cocco de Filippis - translator
- Narrated by: Reinaldo Infante López, Jane Santos, Victor Sabi, and others
- Length: 28 mins
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Con lírica simplicidad, El cuento del cafecito es una historia de amor. De amor a la tierra, que, exhausta, ha dejado de devolvernos más de lo que le damos. De amor a la naturaleza, que, exhausta, tiene pocas ganas de sonreírnos. De amor a las palabras, que, exhaustas, que manipuladas, tergiversadas, heridas, han perdido significado. Y de amor al amor, que, al fin y al cabo, ¿no es el peso del mundo? Los mejores relatos para escuchar donde quieras.
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El cuento del cafecito
- By Rose Martinez on 01-14-21
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El cuento del cafecito [The Story of Coffee]
- Narrated by: Reinaldo Infante López, Jane Santos, Victor Sabi, Alberto Santillán, Mili Matos Sabi
- Length: 28 mins
- Release date: 11-01-18
- Language: Spanish
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De cómo tía Lola vino (de visita) a quedarse [How Aunt Lola Came to Visit (to Stay)]
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Michelle Gonzalez
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
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Julia Alvarez's heartwarming novel now in Spanish. Moving to Vermont after his parents split, Miguel has plenty to worry about! Ta Lola, his quirky, carismtica, and maybe magical aunt makes his life even more unpredictable when she arrives from the Dominican Republic to help out his Mami. Like her stories for adults, Julia Alvarez's first middle-grade book sparkles with magic as it illuminates a child's experiences living in two cultures.
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too many theatrics
- By jemscat on 01-06-19
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De cómo tía Lola vino (de visita) a quedarse [How Aunt Lola Came to Visit (to Stay)]
- Narrated by: Michelle Gonzalez
- Series: Tia Lola Stories [Spanish Edition], Book 2
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 09-13-11
- Language: Spanish
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Devolver al Remitente [Return to Sender]
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Olivia Preciado, Ozzie Rodriguez
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
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Tyler isn't sure what to make of the workers hired to help save his family's farm. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected her American life. Her family lives in constant fear of being discovered by the authorities and sent back to the poverty they left behind in Mexico. Can Tyler and Mari find a way to be friends despite their differences?
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Conmovedora historia
- By James Jensen on 01-10-21
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Devolver al Remitente [Return to Sender]
- Narrated by: Olivia Preciado, Ozzie Rodriguez
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 09-14-10
- Language: Spanish
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Finding Miracles
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Daphne Rubin-Vega
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
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Milly Kaufman is an ordinary American teenager living in Vermont, until she meets Pablo, a new student at her high school. His exotic accent, strange fashion sense, and intense interest in Milly force her to confront her identity as an adopted child from Pablo's native country. As their relationship grows, Milly decides to undertake a courageous journey to her homeland and along the way discovers the story of her birth is intertwined with the story of a country recovering from a brutal history.
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A good exploration of adoption feelings...
- By R. Lopez on 11-30-04
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Finding Miracles
- Narrated by: Daphne Rubin-Vega
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 10-15-04
- Language: English
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Como las muchachas Garcia perdieron su acento
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Julia Alvarez
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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Abandonando la tensión política de la República Dominicana de los explosivos años 70, las cuatro hermanas García acompañadas de sus padres se autoexilian en el Bronx Neoyorquino, arribando a un ambiente totalmente desconocido y en extremo liberal para sus conservadores padres. La excelente narrativa de Julia Alvarez nos lleva de la mano por el recorrido de las dinámicas hermanas García, por caminos deliciosamente divertidos y también plagados de conflictos generacionales.
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Sin cierre
- By Melissa on 06-22-11
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Como las muchachas Garcia perdieron su acento
- Narrated by: Julia Alvarez
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 10-24-08
- Language: Spanish
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Saving the World
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Blanca Camacho
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
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A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award with In the Time of Butterflies, author Julia Alvarez is a beloved voice in modern fiction and poetry. In Saving the World, she weaves the stories of two courageous women—separated by two centuries—into a breathtaking novel of love and idealism in an increasingly troubled world.
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Worst Book of all Time
- By IYOUCHBI on 08-21-16
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Saving the World
- Narrated by: Blanca Camacho
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 11-17-11
- Language: English
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How Tia Lola Learned to Teach
- By: Julia Alvarez, Michelle Gonzalez
- Narrated by: Michelle Gonzalez
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
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Tía Lola has been invited to teach Spanish at her niece and nephew’s elementary school. But Miguel wants nothing to do with the arrangement. On the other hand, Miguel’s little sister, Juanita, can’t wait to introduce her colorfully dressed aunt to all her friends at school—that is, if she can stop getting distracted long enough. Before long, Tía Lola is organizing a Spanish treasure hunt and a Carnaval fiesta at school. Will Miguel be willing to join the fun?
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How Tia Lola Learned to Teach
- Narrated by: Michelle Gonzalez
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 10-12-10
- Language: English
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De cómo tía Lola aprendió a enseñar [How Tia Lola Learned to Teach]
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Michelle Gonzalez
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
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Tia Lola has been invited to teach Spanish at her niece and nephew's elementary school, but Miguel wants nothing to do with it. He hasn't had an easy time adjusting to his new school in Vermont and doesn't like living so far away from Papi, who has a new girlfriend and an announcement to make. Miguel's little sister Juanita, on the other hand, can't wait to introduce her colorfully dressed aunt to all of her friends at school - that is, if she can stop getting distracted long enough to remember to do so.
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Enjoyable story.
- By Sara on 04-24-18
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De cómo tía Lola aprendió a enseñar [How Tia Lola Learned to Teach]
- Narrated by: Michelle Gonzalez
- Series: Tia Lola Stories [Spanish Edition], Book 1
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 09-13-11
- Language: Spanish
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Once Upon a Quinceanera
- Coming of Age in the USA
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Daphne Rubin-Vega
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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The quinceañera, the 15th birthday celebration for a Latina girl, is quickly becoming an American event. This legendary party is a sight to behold: lavish ball gowns, extravagant catered meals, DJs, limousines, and multi-tiered cakes. The must haves for a "quince" are becoming as numerous and costly as a prom or wedding. And yet, this elaborate ritual also hearkens back to traditions from native countries and communities, offering young Latinas a chance to connect with their heritage.
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not a story
- By Marlene Rodriguez on 01-25-19
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Once Upon a Quinceanera
- Coming of Age in the USA
- Narrated by: Daphne Rubin-Vega
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 07-05-07
- Language: English
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Julia Alvarez' Tia Lola Series in Conversation with Sonia Manzano
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Sonia Manzano
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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The author of How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and In The Time of the Butterflies talks about her smart, funny and playful series that chronicles the flamboyant antics of the one-of-a-kind Tia Lola, a compassionate and nutty aunt, whose flair for creativity and spunky personality set the stage for wacky adventures.
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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Julia Alvarez' Tia Lola Series in Conversation with Sonia Manzano
- Narrated by: Sonia Manzano
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 04-30-12
- Language: English
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