Four sisters come from the Dominican Republic to New York in 1960, and begin a new life which is a far cry from the genteel one they have been used to. The book evokes well the challenge of being caught between two cultures, between hankering after the old while simultaneously trying to discard it. It starts in 1989 and works its way back, through 15 interconnected stories, to the time just before their exile.
(Polly Sams Plant - bwl 5 October 2000 ) |
