Waking In Havana
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Waking In Havana
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Author : Elena Schwolsky
language : en
Publisher: She Writes Press
Release Date : 2019-11-12
Waking In Havana written by Elena Schwolsky and has been published by She Writes Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 1972, when she was a young, divorced, single mother, restless and idealistic, Elena Schwolsky made a decision that changed her life: leaving her eighteen-month-old son with his father, she joined hundreds of other young Americans on a work brigade in Cuba. They spent their days building cinderblock houses for workers and their nights partying and debating politics. The Cuban revolution was young, and so were they. At a moment of transition in Schwolsky’s life, Cuba represented hope and the power to change. Twenty years later, she is drawn back to this forbidden island, yearning to move out of grief following the death of her husband from AIDS and feeling burned out after spending ten years as a nurse on the frontlines of the epidemic. Back in Cuba, she experiences the chaotic bustle of a Havana most Americans never see—a city frozen in time yet constantly changing. She takes readers along with her through her humorous attempts to communicate in a new language and navigate this very different culture—through the leafy tranquility of the controversial AIDS Sanitorium and into the lives of the resilient, opinionated, and passionate Cubans who become her family and help her to heal.
Waiting For Snow In Havana
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Author : Carlos Eire
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-12-11
Waiting For Snow In Havana written by Carlos Eire and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A childhood in a privileged household in 1950s Havana was joyous and cruel, like any other-but with certain differences. The neighbour's monkey was liable to escape and run across your roof. Surfing was conducted by driving cars across the breakwater. Lizards and firecrackers made frequent contact. Carlos Eire's childhood was a little different from most. His father was convinced he had been Louis XVI in a past life. At school, classmates with fathers in the Batista government were attended by chauffeurs and bodyguards. At a home crammed with artifacts and paintings, portraits of Jesus spoke to him in dreams and nightmares. Then, in January 1959, the world changes: Batista is suddenly gone, a cigar-smoking guerrilla has taken his place, and Christmas is cancelled. The echo of firing squads is everywhere. And, one by one, the author's schoolmates begin to disappear-spirited away to the United States. Carlos will end up there himself, without his parents, never to see his father again. Narrated with the urgency of a confession, WAITING FOR SNOW IN HAVANA is both an ode to a paradise lost and an exorcism. More than that, it captures the terrible beauty of those times in our lives when we are certain we have died-and then are somehow, miraculously, reborn.
Adios Havana
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Author : Andrew J. Rodriguez
language : en
Publisher: Outskirts Press, Inc.
Release Date : 2005
Adios Havana written by Andrew J. Rodriguez and has been published by Outskirts Press, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Havana . . . lilting rumbas, caf con leche, sultry sea breezes. Sparkling white beaches by day, scintillating nightclubs after dark. This sophisticated, international capital was the crown jewel of an island paradise-until the idealism that fed the Cuban Revolution yielded a nightmare of soul-crushing dictatorship. Adios, Havana is a true account of romance and peril, adventure and patriotism. Fueled by love-love of family, of country, and of each other-a young couple must face the most wrenching of choices: remain in the country they cherish, lose the wealth and position their families strove for generations to attain, and watch their children grow up impoverished under a terrifying regime; or risk escaping with no money or possessions and leave behind all they have ever known to begin a new life in a strange land. A legacy to future generations, this memoir is intended to remind readers of the fragility of freedom . . . to describe the disintegration of a prosperous civilized society and offer counsel on how to prevent a similar catastrophe from happening in America . . . and to show how and why penniless refugees flourish in the land of the free-why anyone who resists oppression would be driven to tell his beloved homeland, Adios.
A Wake In Ybor City
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Author : Jose Yglesias
language : en
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Release Date : 1998
A Wake In Ybor City written by Jose Yglesias and has been published by Arte Publico Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Fiction categories.
"Ybor City, Florida, seems to be a happy, secure place in 1958. Three aging sisters - Mina, Clemencia, and Dolores - look forward to seeing their children, in-laws, and grandchildren come for a pleasant visit to this quiet, blue-collar neighborhood that all three call home. But beneath the calm surface, fierce currents surge: old family rivalries, sexual intrigues, class envies, political antagonism, even borderline criminal activity. No one has realized it yet, but this proud Cuban-American clan stands on the brink of a terrible fall."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Dancing With Fidel
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Author : Stephen Foehr
language : en
Publisher: Sanctuary Publishing
Release Date : 2001
Dancing With Fidel written by Stephen Foehr and has been published by Sanctuary Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Music categories.
Sensual, sexual, soulful and rhythmic, its very emergence is a feat of courage and resilience, where all but government-approved musicians are oppressed and restricted.
Havana Thursdays
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Author : Virgil Suàrez
language : en
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Release Date : 1995-01-01
Havana Thursdays written by Virgil Suàrez and has been published by Arte Publico Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-01 with Fiction categories.
One phone call shatters the facade of tranquility presented by the entire Torres family, pitching its members into shockwaves of emotional upheaval that reveal the unsavory realities the clan prefers to ignore. Told in a fast-paced documentary style, Havana Thursdays is a compelling collection of voices of a Cuban-American family gathering during the crucial aftermath of a family memberÍs death. In alternating chapters, six strong-willed and vibrant women unfurl before the reader the richly hued tableau of their lives. Suàrez delivers a hopeful message that human dignity and good will provide the resilience to help overcome crises. Ultimately, the Torres family of Cuban exiles is no different in its sorrows and joys than any other American family, regardless of ethnicity. With forays into the individual psyches of characters in crisis over love and loyalty, growing up and growing old, marrying and dissolving, SuàrezÍs portrayal of women is as daring as their resolve to pioneer generational changes for this conservative clan.
One Night In Havana
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Author : M. J. Hart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-04-12
One Night In Havana written by M. J. Hart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-12 with categories.
Tia desperately needed a vacation from her stressful job in New York, and where better to practice her Spanish than in the sun and sand of Cuba. But curiousity and bad plumbing drew her out of her sea-kissed resort to the city of Havana. Expecting a dreamy postcard experience of classic cars and salsa in the forbidden country, she soon began to loathe everything about it: the smell, the hustlers, the noise and the lack of personal space...until she met Alejandro. 14 years her junior, she saw him as forbidden fruit, but he didn't see her that way.Part 1 of a 2 part short story series based on true events.
The Far Airport Is Bombed And Havana Woke Up Under The Imperialist Air Attack
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Author : Fidel Castro
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
The Far Airport Is Bombed And Havana Woke Up Under The Imperialist Air Attack written by Fidel Castro and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Cuba categories.
Find Me In Havana
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Author : Serena Burdick
language : en
Publisher: Harlequin
Release Date : 2021-01-12
Find Me In Havana written by Serena Burdick and has been published by Harlequin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-12 with Fiction categories.
From the bestselling author of THE GIRLS WITH NO NAMES, a new historical novel based on the dazzling story of one of Hollywood’s most celebrated Hispanic actresses and her daughter’s search for closure. “Told in a series of letters, FIND ME IN HAVANA is a beautiful and heart-wrenching story of mothers and daughters, and the American Dream that comes with the biggest price of all. I couldn’t put it down!” — Heather Webb, USA Today bestselling author Cuba, 1936: When Estelita Rodriguez sings in a hazy Havana nightclub for the very first time, she is nine years old. From then on, that spotlight of adoration—from Havana to New York’s Copacabana and then Hollywood—becomes the one true accomplishment no one can take from her. Not the 1933 Cuban Revolution that drove her family into poverty. Not the revolving door of husbands or the fickle world of film. Thirty years later, her young adult daughter, Nina, is blindsided by her mother’s mysterious death. Seeking answers, the grieving Nina navigates the troubling, opulent memories of their life together and discovers how much Estelita sacrificed to live the American dream on her own terms. Based on true events and exclusive interviews with Nina Lopez, Estelita’s daughter, Find Me in Havana weaves two unforgettable voices into one extraordinary story that explores the unbreakable bond between mother and child, and the ever-changing landscape of self-discovery.
The Maids Of Havana
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Author : Pedro Pérez Sarduy
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2010-03-23
The Maids Of Havana written by Pedro Pérez Sarduy and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-23 with Fiction categories.
Normal.dotm 0 0 1 55 314 Escritor/Periodista 2 1 385 12.0 Set in Cuba and Miami, from the 1940s to the present, two Afro-Cuban women narrate their life stories. One leaves a small town in the central part of the island to work as a maid in Havana in prerevolutionary Cuba. The other, her friend's daughter, educated in revolutionary Cuba, leaves Havana in the 1980 Mariel boatlift, to find work as a maid in Miami A history full circle?