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Review Of Julia Alvarez's 'Dear Little Book'
The reader is introduced to Maria Teresa as a youthful girl, who was too innocent to fathom her own fate. “Dear Little Book, Minerva gives you to me today for my First Communion. You are so pretty with a mother of pearl cover and a little latch like a prayerbook. I will have such fun writing on your tissue-thin pages” (Alvarez 30) Maria Teresa, or Maté, receives her first “Little Book” from her sister Minerva and does not grasp its purpose, and does not take it as seriously as Minerva expects her to. Although she is told that these entries are meant for reflection, and reflections are supposed to deepen her soul, Maté cannot wrap her head around such an idea. Her attempts to reflect include: the extraneous events in her life, such as the bag
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