"[Homecoming] is very much about finding a voice as a woman. ... Alvarez is quoted as admitting, "I am a Dominican, hyphen, American. ... A lot of what I have worked through has to do with coming to this country and losing a homeland and a culture (Alvarez Interview 5)." ... "As so many immigrants and exiles know, you can never go back home. ... It is about the protagonists" precarious coming of age as Latinas in the United States and gringas in the Santo Domingo (Milanes 2)." ...

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