The story of the stranger in search of shelter, safety, and community is one of the oldest in history and also one that is constantly evolving. In bright, musical prose, Angie Cruz’s Dominicana is a portrait of the immigrant experience and the timeless coming-of-age story of a young woman finding her voice. So in 1965, Ana leaves behind everything she knows and becomes Ana Ruiz.
Their marriage is an opportunity for her entire close-knit family to eventually immigrate from the Dominican.
It doesn’t matter that he is twice her age, that there is no love between them. But when Juan Ruiz proposes and promises to take her to New York City, she has to say yes. This list of books about immigration and immigrants is sponsored by Flatiron Books.įifteen-year-old Ana Cancion never dreamed of moving to America.
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