Dominicana a novel by angie cruz6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Angie Cruz evokes the intense feeling of this perilous coming-of-age tale with evocative detail. But I also revelled in the joys and passion she unexpectedly discovers in her accelerated maturity and as she gradually discovers what she truly wants in life. There's such an intense pressure built into this transactional marriage that made me whole-heartedly feel for Ana's difficult position where she essentially becomes a prisoner in a dank 6th floor apartment in Washington Heights. Juan and his brothers also seek their own benefits from this match. Her family see this pairing as part of a strategic plan for them to eventually move to America as well. ![]() He brings her to New York City even though it was never her dream to live in America. ![]() “Dominicana” is a novel that swept me up in the immediacy of its story of young Ana Canción whose family pressure her to marry Juan, a man over twice her age. ![]() It's such a blissful relief from the chaos and the magic of a great novel is discovering new love for a character I never could have imagined. Who would have thought the story of a fifteen year old girl who moves from the Dominican Republic to the United States in 1965 is exactly what I wanted and needed to read right now? Over the past several months I've been desperate to lose myself in some really good stories to temporarily avoid the difficult reality we're living through. ![]()
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