Yo! (Spanish Language Edition) - Softcover

Praise for En el tiempo de las mariposas

"Un libro importante... emocionalmente sobrecogedor. Alvarez nos hace un regalo cargado de rara generosidad y coraje."--The San Diego Union-Tribune

"Un regalo de amor sinfónico y espléndido... un magnífico tesoro para todas las culturas y todos los tiempos... una novela que celebra la corriente de vida que fluye entre las mujeres, conectándolas y dándolas coraje para luchar por la justicia y la resistencia, y corazones para amar y perdonar libremente... Julia Alvarez es una escritora asombrosa."--St. Petersburg Times

"Maravilloso... una narración enriquecedora... entrelaza hábilmente la realidad y la ficción hasta alcanzar un sobrecogedor clímax."--Newsweek

"Una novela con un tremendo poder... un libro bello y valiente."--West Coast Review of Books

Praise for Once Upon a Quinceañera

"Phenomenal... indispensable. Alvarez's novelistic eye makes Once Upon a Quinceañera an intimate, intoxicating read."--San Francisco Chronicle

"A journey into experiencing a vital, exuberant ritual of modern Latino life... As an author, Alvarez is a terrific tour guide."--The Seattle Times

"[Alvarez] brings a critical eye to long-held myths... Each page is a love song to the cultural ties that bind generations of women from a diverse group of countries."--Chicago Sun-Times

"Fascinating, exhaustively researched."--The Washington Post

"Alvarez's honest grappling with her caught-between-two-cultures experience is compelling."--Entertainment Weekly

The center of many lives, thrice-married writer Yolanda Garcia celebrates her fame while entangling others in her web in a story that is told from the viewpoints of the confused people whose lives she touches.