Book Discussion Group
Jenny Richardson-Schlötter
The book of this evening is Once Upon a Quinceanera: Coming of Age in the USA byJulia Alvarez.
Julia Alvarez structures her book around one particular girl's quinceanera, which is the grand coming-of-age ceremony for Latinas turning 15. Her name is Monica Ramos and she is a Dominican-American who lives in an apartment in Queens, N.Y., close to where Alvarez spent her adolescence. Therefore, Alvarez also remembers her own coming of age, the learning of a new language and adjusting to the American way of life. She never had a quinceanera, but now, she ?nds that with a growing Latino population in the United States, this tradition helps binding Hispanics together. After all, more than 400,000 American Latinas turn 15 every year.
Newcomers are always welcome to join the group.
Dienstag, 19.5.
19.30 Uhr im DAI
€ 5,–/3,–/FV 2,–
engl. Sprache
Newcomers are always welcome to join the group.
Dienstag, 19.5.
19.30 Uhr im DAI
€ 5,–/3,–/FV 2,–
engl. Sprache