A review by yikesbmg
Homecoming: New and Collected Poems by Julia Alvarez

3.0

You can get through the poems in a day or two. The 33 chapter, in my opinion, is the best one. The first third of the book -- on her mother and family -- is ok, but felt like she translated her experience instead of shared it. She recognizes and talks a little abt it in the afterword. (Also this was her first book so it makes sense that she hadn't found her full voice yet.) The sonnets at the end I think I need to read again.