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Havana Dreams : A Story of a Cuban Family by Wendy Gimbel is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p><p>a Fascinating, Powerfully Evocative Story Of Four Generations Of Cuban Women, Through Whose Lives The Author Illuminates A Vivid Picture—both Personal And Historical—of Cuba In Our Century.<p>"when I Want To Read A Culture," Writes Wendy Gimbel In Her Prologue, "i Listen To Stories About Families, Sensing In Their Contours The Substance Of Larger Mysteries." And Certainly In The Revuelta Family She Has Found A Source Of Both Mystery And Revelation. <p>at Its Center Is Naty: Born In 1925, Educated In The United States, A Socialite During The Batista Era, Who After Marriage To A Prominent Doctor And The Birth Of A Daughter Became Intoxicated With Castro And His Revolution (here, Published For The First Time, Are The Letters They Exchanged While He Was In Jail). Though Her Husband And Daughter Immigrated To The United States After Castro's Victory, Naty Remained In Cuba To Raise Her Second Child, Castro's Unacknowledged Daughter, Only To Be Ultimately Confronted By His Dismissive, Withering Judgment: "naty Missed The Train." Her Two Daughters, One Of Whom Settles Well Into Life In America, While The Other Never Recovers From Her Fa
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Wendy Gimbel
- Publisher
- New York: Vintage Books
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780679750703
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Science, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.46 / 5 (88 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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