"El ©Øultimo d©Øia de 1964, la quincea©Þnera Ana Canci©Øon se casa con Juan Ruiz, un hombre veinte a©Þnos mayor que ella, en el campo dominicano. Al d©Øia siguiente se vuelve Ana Ruiz, una esposa confinada a un apartamento de un cuarto en Washington Heights. Juan la enga©Þna, abusa y controla, hasta le proh©Øibe aprender ingl©Øes. Despu©Øes de un intento fallido de fuga, Ana se entera de que est©Øa embarazada. Su madre y su esposo comparan su embarazo a ganar la loter©Øia, su ni©Þna tendr©Øa ciudadan©Øia estadounidense. Juan vuelve a la Rep©Øublica Dominicana cuando la guerra civil comienza, dejando a C©Øesar, su hermano, cuidando a Ana. Durante ese descanso del confinamiento ella se enamora genuinamente, lo cual despierta su voluntad de pelear por independizarse de su abusador y por su derecho de permanecer en su patria adoptiva. Un retrato atemporal de feminidad y ciudadan©Øia, que sigue vigente en esta ©Øepoca de migraci©Øon forzada" -- Provided by publisher.

"On the last day of 1964, fifteen-year-old Ana Canci©Øon marries Juan Ruiz, a man twice her age, in the Dominican countryside. The following day she becomes Ana Ruiz, a wife confined to a one-bedroom in Washington Heights. Juan is unfaithful, abusive, and controlling, he even forbids her from learning English. After a failed escape, Ana learns she is pregnant. Both her mother and husband compare her pregnancy to winning the lottery, her child will have American citizenship. Juan returns briefly to the Dominican Republic when the civil war begins, leaving C©Øesar, his brother, to care for Ana. During that respite from confinement she experiences true love, which awakens her will to fight for independence from her abuser and for the right to stay in her adopted homeland. A timeless portrait of womanhood and citizenship, which rings true in this era of forced migration"--Provided by publisher.