Contents:
Flash Cards for Beginners. I Am a Taxi. When I Was Puerto Rican. The Day the Rebels Came to Town. The Distance Between Us. So Far from God: The Long Night of White Chickens. Paco Ignacio Taibo II. Return to the Same City. Beautiful Maria of My Soul. A Novel of Frida Kahlo. The Revolutionaries Try Again. The Meaning of Consuelo. A Place Where the Sea Remembers. The She-Devil in the Mirror. The More I Owe You.
The Maids of Havana. Las hijas de Juan. A House of My Own. Angels Along My Path of Thorns. Kissing the Virgin's Mouth. Shadow of a Bull. Playing for the Devil's Fire. In the Embrace of the Alligator. Dancing in Buenos Aires. A Cuban Family Story. Child of the Crossfire. Childhood of the Dead. City of a Hundred Fires. A Cuban in Paradise. Ultimate Handbook Guide to Morelia: Tomorrow They Will Kiss is available on Amazon: Visit Eduardo Santiago's Author Site: Jun 13, Lisa rated it really liked it.
Eduardo Santiago brought a different perspective on life in Cuba prerevolutionary as well as during the regime's power. He artfully told the story by giving each of the three main characters a voice in their own chapters. Graciela, Imperiod, and Caridad were strong Cuban women each with their cross to bear. They provided insight into the lifestyles of Cuban women and how that contrasted with the lifes of American women at that time. The author took the characters from one revolution Cuba int Eduardo Santiago brought a different perspective on life in Cuba prerevolutionary as well as during the regime's power.
The author took the characters from one revolution Cuba into another Vietnam protests, etc. Santiago grew up in Cuba during the Castro regime and revealed details about the regime's control over its people.
Apr 10, Manda rated it really liked it Shelves: This was a wonderfully well written peek into the minds of three Cuban immigrant women making a new life in s America. Graciela, Imperio, and Caridad all come from the same small town in Cuba and work at the same doll factory in New Jersey, where they assemble dolls they can't afford to buy and discuss the latest telenovelas on the way to and from work.
Eduardo Santiago really did a great job giving each woman an individual voice of her own in the story and the result is a funny, heartwarmin This was a wonderfully well written peek into the minds of three Cuban immigrant women making a new life in s America. Eduardo Santiago really did a great job giving each woman an individual voice of her own in the story and the result is a funny, heartwarming modern day Cinderella story, but I'm not telling who's Cindy and who are the stepsisters Jan 12, Susan Henn rated it really liked it Shelves: The author creatively exposes the emotions, thoughts, and actions of these immigrants through the eyes of three women, all from the same small town in Cuba.
The experiences vary significantly for these women and their other Cuban friends, especially between holding on to the past versus moving forward in a new life. The characters are well developed and came to life in the story. Feb 11, Dennis Henn rated it really liked it. The story narrated from three vantage points, ladies who fled Cuba when Castro came to power.
They settled in New Jersey and found work together in a toy factory. The multiple narration effectively showed the way the immigration experience affected those who came here, what they lost and how they managed. May 10, Coleen rated it really liked it. Great book about Cuba and the transition to America.
Flash Cards for Beginners. May 27, Arlene Sanders rated it it was amazing Shelves: There was a very serious policy about employees having romantic entanglements. I liked how they told the stories from each gals perspective. If their vitriol had been balanced with a bit more backstory and more insight into their family life, it might have been a more satisfying book for me. In a panic, parents started to send their children to the United States to stay with relatives or with church groups, just temporarily, to keep them safe. Note especially how Clarita's alleged "need for information" is mooted to death by Imperio's observation that there wasn't a thing that Clarita could do with it.
Friendships, secrets and love. Jul 31, Melina rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Latinos living in diaspora. I liked this book because it gives a Cuban perpective on what occured during the revolution and it shows why Cubans will always love their homeland.
Jul 15, Danica rated it really liked it. I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this one. I was impressed with the way the author unfolded the story and used 3 different viewpoints. Sep 06, Justine rated it really liked it.
I loved that the book had three different narrators. I was surprised at how little I actually put the book down. Most books that I pick up on a whim I never finish. Jul 20, Palmina Briggs rated it liked it Recommends it for: Very easy and fast read. Five women's perspective on life in Cuba pre and post revolution. Eduardo Santiago also possesses the same talent as Tolstoy in capturing women's awareness. Aug 20, Juanita rated it it was amazing. A cute read were I actually saw people around me in life.
Las chismosas, las comadres, la puta, la loca, la pobrecita, las hermanas. Taken away from their home land. Jun 01, Dan rated it really liked it. Not that I'm surprised, mind you. My people are nothing if not backbiting and faux friendly. But, it's also hilarious! The beginning of the book was kind of eh for me, but as it went on it picked up speed and it ended up being a compelling, engaging read.
I stayed up pretty late rushing through the final hundred pages. Santiago does a great job of capturing the voices of the three women who take turns helming the narrative. I loved the way he uses the three perspectives to create a more or less objective view of what's actually happening. If you liked this, make sure to follow me on Goodreads for more reviews! May 08, Michael Anson rated it it was amazing. People may think this book is solely for women, because the main characters are all women of Cuban descent.
But I loved Eduardo Santiago's deft, sure hand in the way he draws impeccable characterizations of the life of women in exile, doing menial work. Nevertheless they have big dreams and big personalities to match. Jul 15, Maya Nasr rated it liked it. I loved the interactions between the women. As someone who understands the effect of being far from home, the book was very realistic in portraying the relationships because they were not perfect and always positive but they were solid and supportive.
May 28, Erin rated it liked it. This was a fun read. I liked how they told the stories from each gals perspective. Aug 11, Cheryl rated it really liked it Shelves: May 08, George Snyder rated it it was amazing. A sweet and funny and touching story of how we make new lives and come to terms with old ones. Jul 01, Etola rated it really liked it Shelves: This was recommended to me by a friend's mother after a long conversation about telenovelas.
Graciela is a flawed but likeable protagonist whose every act of kindness, every attempt to better herself, is relentlessly judged by a pair of petty gossips through the lens of terrible mis This was recommended to me by a friend's mother after a long conversation about telenovelas. Graciela is a flawed but likeable protagonist whose every act of kindness, every attempt to better herself, is relentlessly judged by a pair of petty gossips through the lens of terrible mistakes she made in her past. The juggling of the three POV characters was expertly handled.
The book is light on linear plot, instead focusing on character development and relationships, gradually revealing the context in which the characters act. Definitely worth the read! Sep 20, David rated it really liked it. The characters are great in this, and I love the rich tapestry of the story. The interpersonal relationships are meticulously arranged, but it really felt like there was no resolution there.
Quick revenge maybe, but the reveal seemed obvious and there was no growth or change when one really seemed to be hinted. I guess it just wasn't the ending the book felt to be leading up to. It felt ended early, before the important part. May 04, Jon Brown rated it it was amazing. Not within my usual reading genre but I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Sep 24, Nancy rated it liked it Shelves: I grew up in a Miami suburb in the late 50's and early 60's. Initially, in my junior high school there were just a few very wealthy Cuban students whose parents were Batista supporters. They were able to leave the country with sufficient resources to settle in a very affluent area.
By the time I graduated from high school the handful of Cuban students multiplied many fold and their families were from a more diverse socio-economic sector. My history made me eager to read Santiago's book and to und I grew up in a Miami suburb in the late 50's and early 60's. My history made me eager to read Santiago's book and to understand his point of view regarding the events I simply experienced as an onlooker. The most sympathetic character in the book was Graciela, a sexy, romantic young woman with a history of making bad decisions.
If the other female characters were as complex and well-developed as she, it would have been a different and more interesting book for me. Her fellow immigrants were mean-spirited and seemingly soulless. If their vitriol had been balanced with a bit more backstory and more insight into their family life, it might have been a more satisfying book for me. As it was, it was a somewhat one-dimensional story with a satisfying ending. At a literary luncheon a few years ago, a noted author was asked what she felt were the elements of a good novel--her response was "a good book should do more than just entertain.
Apr 14, Nina Truslow rated it did not like it. This book was worth it to me because I learned a little about cuban culture and the experiences of cuban immigrants; however, it was one that I will soon forget. I was not invested in the characters at all, and found at the end of the book that I hadn't learned much about any of them. The author chooses to tell the story of the main character, Graciela, mostly through the sensationalist, judgmental ravings of two other women, Caridad and Imperio, whose voices were indistinguishable. This was fru This book was worth it to me because I learned a little about cuban culture and the experiences of cuban immigrants; however, it was one that I will soon forget.
This was frustrating, because all I learned about Graciela was how the other two women love to gossip about her. The ending is underdeveloped and unsatisfying, a meek attempt at inserting a theme that, employed properly, could have made the book more important. Feb 01, Laurel Deloria rated it really liked it Shelves: Like her native Cuba, Graciela Altamira is beautiful, defiant, passionate.
Story told through eyes of three people. This book was very interesting, and delved into the cultural and political changes that happened in the 60s, but from the perspective of Cuban women living in New Jersey after fleeing Cuba.
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It's a really interesting, but also rather sad book, but shows a world that I had never experienced, and asked a lot of questions for me to think about. Jul 05, Lori rated it liked it Recommended to Lori by: But it wasn't great, either. Told from the perspective of Cuban women who moved to the U. But, unfortunately, it didn't do much with it.