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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2005
Character matters in Cruz's second novel (after Soledad ) about immigrants from the Caribbean. The Coln family, struggling to make a life for themselves in New York despite the weight of their histories in the Dominican Republic, is never caricatured. The young matriarch, Esperanza, may persist in her absurd dream that life in the United States should resemble the television soap Dallas ; nonetheless, she works 24-hour shi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
