📚 Dominicana: An Optimized Novel Review

It was a "MUST" read in high school so as a mom I read it. I left appalled that high school students were being forced to read and discuss this without parental involvement. The situations are shocking, and that's fine as long as there's redemption and a shared moral theme. But it was neither one nor the other. I have tried to find legitimate reasons to have my son read this and my husband and I could not justify it. Papers” and the other apparent gratuitousness of some events opposed starting…

Ana Canción is 15 years old and grew up in the Dominican Republic in the 1960s when her parents married her to Juan Ruiz, who was twice her age. Ana's mother is a typical matriarch who wants the best for her daughter. She wants her daughter to go to New York, become the perfect wife, and bring her family to New York. Ana doesn't want to let her mother down. Ana travels to New York and discovers that her new husband only married her for the country. Juan abuses Ana verbally, emotionally, and…

”, "House of Broken Angels” and "Book of Unknown Americans ". The story of Ana, a 15-year-old girl from the Dominican Republic who, in early 1965, was asked by Juan, twice her age, to marry and move to New York. Ana's family encourages this as Juan Ruiz and his brothers are aspiring businessmen and their father sees this as a way to win over the Ruizs. The novel is set in the United States and Dominican Republic in 1965, at a time of turmoil and civil unrest in both countries. The couple gets a