by Julia Alvarez · Yearling · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780440418702
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«How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay» is the children's novel by Julia Alvarez, published by Yearling in paperback (160 pages, in English).
After their parents' divorce, Miguel and his sister Juanita move from New York to Vermont. From the Dominican Republic comes their aunt Lola: eccentric, charismatic and perhaps magical, she fills the house with color, food and celebrations, and helps the family adapt. Miguel faces his father's absence and eventually comes to recognize his Dominican heritage.
First installment of the Tia Lola Stories series.
Recommended for child and young readers ages 8 to 12, especially for those who enjoy family stories and cultural heritage.
Julia Alvarez is an American New Formalist poet, novelist, and essayist. She rose to prominence with the novels How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (1991), In the Time of the Butterflies (1994), and Yo! (1997). Her publications as a poet include Homecoming (1984) and The Woman I Kept to Myself (2004), and as an essayist the autobiographical compilation Something to Declare (1998). She has achieved critical and commercial success on an international scale and many literary critics regard her to be one of the most significant contemporary Latina writers.
