Before We Were Free
By Julia Alvarez
Publisher
Knopf
Imprint
Knopf
ISBN
By Julia Alvarez
0375915443
Before We Were Free
8.5
Out of stock
SKU
9780375915444J
By 1960, Anita has seen most of her family leave the Dominican Republic for the safety of the United States, sometimes with no advance warning. Her uncle Tio[acute accent over i] Toni has gone into hidiing and the secret police are a constant presence in her family’s compound. When her father is arrested for plotting against the country’s dictator, Anita must find the strength to risk everything for freedom.
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