Next Year in Havana is about journeys-into exile, into history, and into questions of home and identity.
Devour Next Year in Havana and you, too, will smell the perfumed groves, taste the ropa vieja, and feel the sun on your face."-Stephanie Dray, New York Times bestselling author of America's First Daughter"A vivid, transporting novel. Simply wonderful!"-Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network "Cleeton has penned an atmospheric, politically insightful, and highly hopeful homage to a lost world. Praise for Next Year in Havana "A flat-out stunner of a book, at once a dual-timeline mystery, a passionate romance, and paean to the tragedy and beauty of war-torn Cuba. When more family history comes to light and Marisol finds herself attracted to a man with secrets of his own, she'll need the lessons of her grandmother's past to help her understand the true meaning of courage. Elisa's last wish was for Marisol to scatter her ashes in the country of her birth.Īrriving in Havana, Marisol comes face-to-face with the contrast of Cuba's tropical, timeless beauty and its perilous political climate. Freelance writer Marisol Ferrera grew up hearing romantic stories of Cuba from her late grandmother Elisa, who was forced to flee with her family during the revolution. The daughter of a sugar baron, nineteen-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba's high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country's growing political unrest-until she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary.
"A beautiful novel that's full of forbidden passions, family secrets and a lot of courage and sacrifice."-Reese WitherspoonĪfter the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identity-and unearths a family secret hidden since the revolution. THE JULY PICK FOR REESE WITHERSPOON'S HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB
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