To be read, at some point.

I still haven't managed to start reading this book, so perhaps I never will. Best to let it travel on!

I'll give the Garcia Girls to AnniManni, as a little HGG 2011 gift. Happy holidays!

I'm passing this book on to AnniManni tonight.

Book received, thank you so much!

I'm too tired to write a review of my own, so I'll borrow this one from Amazon.com/Library Journal with which I agree:

"This rollicking, highly original first novel tells the story (in reverse chronological order) of four sisters and their family, as they become Americanized after fleeing the Dominican Republic in the 1960s. A family of privilege in the police state they leave, the Garcias experience understandable readjustment problems in the United States, particularly old world patriarch Papi. The sisters fare better but grow up conscious, like all immigrants, of living in two worlds. There is no straightforward plot; rather, vignettes (often exquisite short stories in their own right) featuring one or more of the sisters--Carle, Sandi, Yolanda, and Fifi--at various stages of growing up are strung together in a smooth, readable story. Alvarez is a gifted, evocative storyteller of promise."

So, yes, I enjoyed it very much :)

Next off to Soozreader, who picked it from the First Sentences VBB running on the Finnish forum.

Oh, so this book was behind the sentence! Thank you very much for it, I'll look forward to the reading experience it'll bring:)

I enjoyed this book very much! It was well-written and interesting story. I've read similar books before but I never get tired of these:) And this book taught me many new things about the Dominican Republic!:)

The book is on its way to the next reader as a part of the Global VBB:) Happy Reading!

Thanks, Soozreader, the garcia Girls have arrived. This had been on my wishlist for some time, so I'm thrilled to finally have it :)