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After the death of dictator Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican Republic is poised to begin its healing, but economic and political upheaval fling its communities into further chaos. For the Canción family, young Ana might be their ticket off the island, so they push her into a loveless marriage with a man twice her age who whisks her off to New York City.
The roles of religion, folk medicine and gender dynamics are startlingly depicted, resulting in a portrait of a community that is still contending with social issues that have shaped Puerto Rican identity in the 20th century.These poignant short stories shed a startling light on the middle-class experience of Chicanos in New York. An Ivy League education and job security in a cosmopolitan city far from their youth in the U.S.
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