
Dominicana
by Angie Cruz
Title:
Dominicana
Author:
Angie Cruz
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
336 pages
Publisher:
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
ISBN-13:
9781644210703
EAN:
9781644210703
Publication Date:
15/06/2021
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
530
Dimensions (mm):
140 x 207 x 32
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
Spanish
Condition:
New
Description
On the last day of 1964, fifteen-year-old Ana Cancion marries Juan Ruiz, a man twice her age, in the Dominican countryside. The following day she becomes Ana Ruiz, a wife confined to a one-bedroom in Washington Heights. Juan is unfaithful, abusive, and controlling, he even forbids her from learning English. After a failed escape, Ana learns she is pregnant. Both her mother and husband compare her pregnancy to winning the lottery, her child will have American citizenship. Juan returns briefly to the Dominican Republic when the civil war begins, leaving Cesar, his brother, to care for Ana. During that respite from confinement she experiences true love, which awakens her will to fight for independence from her abuser and for the right to stay in her adopted homeland. A timeless portrait of womanhood and citizenship, which rings true in this era of forced migration.
















