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The front cover seems like this book has a lot to do with culture. It looks like one of the Garcia Girls is dancing (assuming it is one of the Garcia girls) or that she has to go to the bathroom. Both covers have a lot of orange and yellow, which makes me assume that this book has a lot of emotion. The summary was very simple and told me what exactly was going to happen. It has multiple lists which makes me believe that Julia Alvarez is somewhat repetitive. The reviews on the back make the book sound like it is inspirational and really makes you ponder life... The family tree is kind of confusing; the dotted line really makes no sense and it just confuses me-- are the Garcia and de la Torre families The Conquistadores or is it just creativity? Also, the "hair-and-nails cousins" doesn't seem to make sense. The first four chapters were actually surprising. According to the common stereotype of hispanic families, I dived into this book thinking that this story would be about the struggles that the Garcia families has living in New York. But from the first five pages or so, I can obviously conclude that the Garcia girls are filthy rich beyond belief! Tia Flor was telling a story about the first time she ran out of gas in a car. About how her cheuffeur was an idiot for not keeping the car filled with gasoline. Also what I find interesting is how Yolanda was considered as the sloppy sister, at least my physical description. This book actually sounds decent, I might actually read the whole thing!