The Daughter of Invention, a short story by Julia Alvarrez, chronicles a daughter's struggles to adapt to mainstream America in New York as an immigrant from the Dominican Republic. Her family is fleeing from the dictatorial regime of Trujillo. Julia's father, who apparently is an important figure in the insurgence fighting to topple the oppresive dictator, is a traditional, conservative, yet capable character.
He does not allow his daughters and their mother to shop or travel the
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