IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE
Alvarez, Julia. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent. New York, N A L/Dutton, 1992. 
Fifteen stories chronicle a Dominican family's exile to the Bronx, focusing on the four daughters' rebellion against their elders. Alvarez has also written In the Time of the Butterflies (1995), a moving account of a family of sisters who were murdered during the Trujillo regime.

 Haverstock, Nathan A. Dominican Republic in Pictures (Visual Geography Series). Minneapolis, Lerner Publications Company, 1999.
Written for children ages 9-12, this book introduces the geography, history, economy and people of the country.

 Howard, David. Dominican Republic in Focus: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture. New York, Interlink Books, 1999.
A detailed depiction of the country, especially the political and economic spheres.

 Joyce, Gare. The Only Ticket Off the Island. Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1991.
A detailed and poignant picture of baseball Dominican-style. The heart of the book lies in its stories of those who make it off the island into the ranks of the Toronto Blue Jays and L.A. Dodgers, among others, and those who do not.
 

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