Filled with emotion, it reads like a novel, and will guide you to a new understanding and appreciation of this fabled, bedeviled, always fascinating island.
These narratives are a testament to the courage, perseverance, and determination of people whose lives were upended quickly, dramatically, and irrevocably by a political revolution.
The main thread that runs through the book is the chaos and confusion of the communist takeover in Cuba and the subsequent exodus of a significant portion of the island’s population.
Also covered are the struggles and sacrifices the exiles made during the early years of arrival in their new countries as well as sometimes humorous recollections of cultural clashes while attempting to adapt.
What follows is the moving account of a single mother with three children, trapped in the labyrinth of incivility and degradation that Cuba had become, as she tried not to be overcome by frustration and despair.
It is a brief but powerful account of how one family managed passage to the United States, and once there, sought to find the American Dream via hard work and education, never abandoning their Cuban roots, traditions, and family bonds.