Angie Cruz's Dominicana , the story follows Ana Canción , a fifteen-year-old girl in the 1960s who is married off to Juan Ruiz, a man twice her age, as a means for her family to escape the political unrest of the Dominican Republic for a better life in New York City. The New York Arrival
In 1965, Ana moves to Washington Heights, where she is confined to a cold walk-up apartment, acting as a domestic servant for Juan. dominicana pdf angie cruz