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Alvarez, Julia

Before We Were Free

167 pp. | Knopf | August, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-375-81544-9 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-375-91544-3 $$17.99
(1) YA This book bridges Alvarez's two adult novels set during the final days of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. In the fall of 1960, Anita, almost twelve, tries to gain some control over frightening events by writing in her diary. Her final months in the country are a poignant blend of typical adolescent concerns and the terrible realities of life under a violent dictatorship. This is a compelling acount of a girl growing up too quickly while coming to terms with the cost of freedom.
Reviewer: Lauren Adams | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2002

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