El ͠ltimo d̕a de 1964, Ana Canci̤n, de quince ąos, se casa con Juan Ruiz, un hombre que le dobla la edad, en el campo dominicano. Al d̕a siguiente se convierte en Ana Ruiz, una esposa confinada en un apartamento de una habitaci̤n en Washington Heights. Juan es infiel, abusivo y controlador, incluso le proh̕be aprender ingľs. Despǔs de una fuga fallida, Ana descubre que est̀ embarazada. Tanto su madre como su esposo comparan su embarazo con ganar la loter̕a, su hijo tendr̀ la ciudadan̕a estadounidense. Juan regresa brevemente a Rep͠blica Dominicana cuando comienza la guerra civil, dejando a Čsar, su hermano, a cargo de Ana. Durante ese respiro del encierro ella experimenta el amor verdadero, que despierta su voluntad de luchar por la independencia de su abusador y por el derecho a permanecer en su patria adoptiva. Un retrato atemporal de la feminidad y la ciudadan̕a, que suena cierto en esta era de migraci̤n forzada "- Proporcionado por el editor. "On the last day of 1964, fifteen-year-old Ana Canción marries Juan Ruiz, a man twice her age, in the Dominican countryside. The following day she becomes Ana Ruiz, a wife confined to a one-bedroom in Washington Heights. Juan is unfaithful, abusive, and controlling, he even forbids her from learning English. After a failed escape, Ana learns she is pregnant. Both her mother and husband compare her pregnancy to winning the lottery, her child will have American citizenship. Juan returns briefly to the Dominican Republic when the civil war begins, leaving César, his brother, to care for Ana. During that respite from confinement she experiences true love, which awakens her will to fight for independence from her abuser and for the right to stay in her adopted homeland. A timeless portrait of womanhood and citizenship, which rings true in this era of forced migration"-- Provided by publisher.
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