Julia Alvarez's groundbreaking book has become a classic.
During Hispanic Heritage Month, TODAY is sharing the community’s history, pain, joy, and pride. We are highlighting Latino and Hispanic trailblazers and rising voices. TODAY will be publishing personal essays, stories, videos, and specials throughout the month of September and October.Nelly A. Rosario was a college student in Boston in 1991 when she opened a newspaper and saw a feature story about a Dominican American author. “I closed the paper and took a breath for a moment,” Rosario recalled.
“I was used to reading and trying to find an experience that could approximate mine. I used to wonder, where am I in books? Is there a story about someone like me?” said Rosario, now an author and associate professor of Latina/o Studies at Williams College in Massachusetts."'García Girls' sent a message that mainstream culture was open for us.”
“When I was sending my manuscript out, there was no such thing as multi-cultural books. Latino characters were not really seen as literature.” Alvarez loosely based the book on her own family, which led to problems. “My sisters were angry with me; my mother threatened to bring a lawsuit against me and didn’t speak to me for years.”
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