The Cemetery of Untold Stories Summary
Julia Álvarez

The Cemetery of Untold Stories Overview

The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez tells the story of Alma, a successful novelist, who retires to her home country of the Dominican Republic and builds a cemetery to bury her unfinished manuscripts. After Alma hires a local illiterate woman named Filomena as a caretaker for the cemetery, the manuscripts buried in the cemetery begin telling their stories aloud. The novel deals with themes of storytelling, legacy, and betrayal.