Before we were free book review

From renowned author Julia Alvarez comes an unforgettable story about adolescence, perseverance, and one girl’s struggle to be free. Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita must overcome her fears and fly to freedom, leaving all that she once knew behind. But by her twelfth birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have immigrated to the United States, her T?o Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition to Trujillo’s iron-fisted rule. “Diary entries written by a child while in hiding will remind readers of Anne Frank’s story.” –SLJĪnita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic.

A new paperback edition of Julia Alvarez’s beloved Pura Belpré winner about life in Trujillo’s Dominican Republic.