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"Yolanda Garcia - Yo, for short - is the literary one in the family. Her first published novel, in which she made "characters" out of her three sisters, her Mami and Papi, her grandparents, tias, tios, cousins, housemaids, and husbands was a big success. Now she's famous and basking in the spotlight while her "characters" find their naked and very recognizable selves dangling in that same blinding light." "So what happens?" "Turnabout is fair play. Yolanda Garcia's family and friends get their chance to tell the truth about Yo: how she's always had to be center stage; that she's been telling lies since the day she was born; about the year she went into therapy with her best friend and how Yo swore off sex; how her college professor kept trying to keep her from ruining her life and throwing away her talent; how she stole a plot for a short story from one of her students; how she fills the house her third husband built for her with voodoo offerings - "little things he mustn't touch" - well, you get the idea. Everyone, from her sisters to her fame-obsessed stalker, rips into her. In the process, they create endearing self-portraits, while Yo (which also means "I") is herself denied the privilege of speaking in her own defense." "This zesty, daring novel is about what happens when an author really does "write what she knows." At once funny and poignant, intellectual and gossipy, lighthearted and layered in meaning, Yo! is, ironically and above all, a portrait of the artist."--BOOK JACKET.
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Fiction, Dominican Americans, Dominican Americans in fiction, Dominican Republic in fiction, Women authors, Women authors in fiction, Ficción, Autoras hispanoestadounidenses, American Women authors, American women authors in fiction, Hispanic American women authors, Familia, Autores dominicanos, Novela estadounidense, Hispanic American women authors in fiction, Autoras estadounidenses, Dominicoamericanos, Novela, Women novelists, Large type books, Garcia family (fictitious characters), fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Dominican americans, fiction, Fiction, generalEdition | Availability |
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Yo!: A Novel
January 1, 1997, Algonquin Books, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Hardcover
in English
- 1st ed edition
1565121570 9781565121577
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"Suddenly her face is all over the place in a promo picture that makes her look prettier than she is."
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"I've been asked if this novel is a sequel to How The García Girls Lost Their Accents. Not at all. The García family and their immigration to the USA were the focus of the first novel. In this novel, the character of Yolanda serves as a sort of catalyst to bring forth stories from friends, family members, strangers who have a score to settle with her. In the course of telling their stories, these characters often reveal more about their own yos ("I" in Spanish) than about Yo." via http://www.juliaalvarez.com/novels/
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