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Amusing, observant. . . . Dovals sense of place and devastating depiction of prejudice in 1980s Cuba make this a worthwhile debut. The Miami Herald [A] piquant coming-of-age novel. O magazine Absolutely remarkable . . . explodes with brilliance. Carlos Eire, National Book Award-winning author of Waiting for Snow in Havana A rich and perceptive portrayal of daily life in Cuba. Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel Sixteen-year-old Lourdes is a dedicated and proud revolutionary who spends the summer of 1982, along with her peers, at the School-in-the-Fields, tilling tobacco fields to prove her dedication to Fidel and the revolution. But she is also a study of contradictions. Lourdes outwardly scoffs at the old ways but wears an azabache amulet under her clothing, next to her Che medallion, to ward off evil spirits. She secretly prays to the orisha Yemay while she pledges her fealty to Fidel and the secular socialist ideals of her father, a professor of scientific Communism at the University of Havana. She develops a crush on her roommate at the camp, but, like many other things in the socialist regime under which she lives, same-sex relationships are forbidden. Like other girls her age, she l

Author

Doval, Teresa de la Caridad

Publisher

Soho Press, Incorporated

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781569473979

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.02 / 5 (36 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14