New London ― A year ago, Gladiz Egas’ husband died and she felt depressed and lonely.
A while later she saw an ad for a sewing class being offered by Mujeres Entre Culturas, or Women Between Cultures.
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Summary Of The Book How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
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Discussion 8 Caught Between Cultures
In How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, the characters caught between their native homelands the Dominican Republic culture and their new found country the United States culture which is not the only factors in this novel. Yolanda, a character in the story the third child, encounters sexuality and freedom vs. religious beliefs raised as a Catholic no premarital sex. She also faces prejudice against their race, language barriers and in earlier years adjusting to a different economic status. Therefore, placing her between the issues of understanding the English language and unwilling to commit to a sexual relationship with her boyfriend in college during the sixties social, sexual revelation. Although