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Book Reviews of The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien

The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien
The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien
Author: Oscar Hijuelos
ISBN-13: 9780061007590
ISBN-10: 0061007595
Publication Date: 11/1994
Pages: 528
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 10 ratings
Publisher: Harpercollins (Mm)
Book Type: Paperback
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4 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

astream avatar reviewed The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien on + 38 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Like Gabriel Garcia Marquez, or Isabel Allende, a wonderful nearly century-long tale of one family's life in Cuba and America. Touches on themes of immigration and emigration, the Cuban revolution, immigrant integration into the fabric of America, etc... Beautifully written.
reviewed The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien on + 109 more book reviews
Nice quality HB edition of this epic novel - spanning a century of the Montez O'Brien family: their lives, loves, tragedies in a small Pennsylvania town: Irish photographer father, aristocratic Cuban mother, 14 daughters and one son! "Raucous and heartfelt"
JuneRosebud avatar reviewed The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien on + 12 more book reviews
So good, the story of a young man and how complicated life can be coming from a different cultural background surrounded by unique women. It was excellent.
deltatiger avatar reviewed The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien on + 74 more book reviews
Oscar Hijuelos is a wonderful writer and this is a wonderful book. He paints his characters with compassion and delicacy. You get a real feel for who these people, what their lives are, and how they come to the places they are in. Strongly recommended.