Before We Were Free Audiobook by Julia Alvarez

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/272/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Before We Were Free Author: Julia Alvarez Narrator: Julia Alvarez Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 10-05-04 Publisher: Listening Library Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 79 votes Genres: Teens, Family & Relationships Publisher's Summary: Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita must overcome her fears and fly to freedom, leaving all that she once knew behind. From renowned author Julia Alvarez comes an unforgettable story about adolescence, perseverance, and one girl's struggle to be free. Before We Were Free won Julia Alvarez the 2005 Pura Belpre Medal, which is awarded to a Latino/Latina writer whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding book for children. Critic Reviews: "Alvarez proves as gifted at writing for adolescents as she is for adults. Here she brings her warmth, sensitivity and eye for detail to a volatile setting, the Dominican Republic of her childhood, during the 1960-1961 attempt to overthrow Trujillo's dictatorship....A stirring work of art." (Publishers Weekly) "An involving book for adults as well as young adults....[Julia Alvarez] reads with emotion and clarity, and her warm Latin accent is a pleasure to listen to." (AudioFile)