: Yolanda shares her name with her late grandmother, whose marriage was considered legendary for its "divine love" ( amor divino ) within the family.
For me, this is the crux of the story. Alvarez uses both Yolanda and the grandfather to expore lost love (Yolanda the grandmother, Constant Reader discussion "Amor Divino" by Julia Alvarez amor divino julia alvarez summary
Would you like a character analysis or discussion of how this fits into How the García Girls Lost Their Accents ? : Yolanda shares her name with her late
Alvarez contrasts Yolanda’s modern heartbreak (the end of her marriage) with her grandfather’s physical and mental decline. Both characters are mourning something irrecoverable—Yolanda her relationship and maturity, and the grandfather his health and his wife. Memory and Misinterpretation: amor divino julia alvarez summary