Finding Miracles
A new paperback edition of Julia Alvarez’s beloved story about family, identity, and first love.
Milly Kaufman is an ordinary American teenager living in Vermont—and then she meets Pablo, a new student at her high school. His exotic accent, strange fashion sense, and intense interest in Milly force her to confront her identity as an adopted child from Pablo’s native country. As their relationship grows, Milly decides to undertake a courageous journey to her homeland and, along the way, discovers the story of her birth is intertwined with the story of a country recovering from a brutal past.
Beautifully written by renowned author Julia Alvarez, Finding Miracles examines the emotional complexity of familial relationships and the miracles of…
Julia Alvarez is the author of the novels How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, In the Time of the Butterflies (a national Book Critics Circle Award finalist), and Yo!. She has also published two poetry collections (Homecoming and The Other side/El Otro Lado) and a collection of essays (Something to Declare).
Julia Álvarez es la autora de De cómo las chicas García perdieron el acento, En el tiempo de las mariposas (un finalista del National Book Critics Circle Award) y ¡Yo!. También ha publicado dos colecciones de poesía y una colección de ensayos. Julia Álvarez vive en Vermont y en República Dominicana, donde dirige una cooperativa de café orgánico, y un centro de alfabetización y arte con su esposo.
In the Time of the Butterflies
Julia Alvarez; Foreword by Maxine Hong Kingston
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
Julia Alvarez; Foreword by Elizabeth Acevedo
Resistencia
Julia Alvarez; Mark Eisner
Antes de ser libres
Julia Alvarez; translated by Liliana Valenzuela
Before We Were Free
Julia Alvarez
Finding Miracles
Julia Alvarez
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Juana Inés De La Cruz;Edith Grossman,Translator;Julia Alvarez,Introduction
Una boda en Haiti
Julia Alvarez
Un regalo de gracias
Julia Alvarez; illustrated by Beatriz Vidal
How Tia Lola Ended Up Starting Over
Julia Alvarez
How Tia Lola Saved the Summer
Julia Alvarez
