Short Story Club will feature a variety of short stories by American writers, coupled with a discussion about the meaning and language used in the text.
"Daughter of Invention" by Julia Alvarez.
Alvarez was born in New York but spent the first ten years of her childhood in the Dominican Republic until her family had to flee the country due to her father’s involvement in a political rebellion. The following story is from the novel How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, which is about the lives of four sisters spanning thirty years in both the United States and the Dominican Republic. In this short story, Yolanda struggles to write a speech for school.
You are welcome to read the story here.
Text provided by CommonLit - https://www.commonlit.org/
This Short Story Club session will be on Friday October 16th at 5:00 PM.
The deadline to register is October 16th by 12:00 PM. Before the session you'll receive an email with the link to the online meeting.
Other Upcoming Virtual Events
Follow us on Instagram to get your daily portion of interactive quizzes, contests, mind-blowing & interesting facts about the U.S. and check out what are we up to.
