The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I am a big fan of Julia Alvarez and have loved several of her novels. I love her narrative style and I love her beautiful characters and this book is no exception.
This is the story of Alma who is a famous author who decides to move back to her home country and create a cemetery of untold stories to honor and bury all the stories that won’t leave her alone but that she’s not managed to write.
The novel intermingles Alma’s story with Filomena’s (a worker she hires to tend to her cemetery) and several of the characters also tell their stories. Each story is unique and interesting and you can’t help but get attached.
IT wasn’t my favorite of Alvarez’s novels but I still loved all the moments I spent with it.
with gratitude to netgalley and Algonquin Books for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
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