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Prologue: "The Sisters"-Part I: "The Cousin"

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Alvarez, Julia. Yo!: A Novel. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1997. E-book.

• The prologue consists of one chapter titled “The Sisters” (3).

• This chapter is narrated by the youngest Garcia sister, Fifi.

• Fifi and two of her sisters, Carla and Sandi, commiserate over the recent publication of a book written by their other sister, Yolanda, a.k.a Yo.

• They are all angry because the book draws on real events from their lives.

• In the midst of the complaining, Sandi tells Fifi that she is pregnant after being artificially inseminated by sperm imported from the Dominican Republic (where the Garcias are from).

• Sandi tells Fifi not to reveal her pregnancy to Yo, and Yo calls Fifi to defend herself.

• Laura calls Fifi and recounts an incident from the girls' childhood...

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