I Was Never the First Lady

I Was Never the First Lady
Wendy Guerra, Alicia Achy Obejas
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Paperback
h203 x 135mm - 272pg
29 Sep 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9780062990754
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A lush, sensuous, and original tale of family, love, and history, set against the backdrop of the Cuban Revolution and its aftermath. Nadia Guerra' s mother, Albis Torres, left when Nadia was just ten years old. Growing up, the proponents of revolution promised a better future. Now that she' s an adult, Nadia finds that life in Havana hasn' t quite matched its promise; instead it has stifled her rebellious and artistic desires. Each night she DJs a radio show government censors block from broadcasting. Frustrated, Nadia finds hope and a way out when she wins a scholarship to study in Russia. Leaving Cuba offers her the chance to find her long lost mother and her real father. But as she embarks on a journey east, Nadia soon begins to question everything she thought she knew and understood about her past. As Nadia discovers more about her family, her fate becomes entwined with that of Celia Sanchez, an icon of the Cuban Revolution-a resistance fighter, ingenious spy, and the rumored lover of Fidel Castro. A tale of revolutionary ideals and promise, Celia' s story interweaves with Nadia' s search for meaning, and eventually reveals secrets Nadia could never have dreamed. Translated from the Spanish by Achy Obejas
"Guerra' s novel is a grand if bittersweet valentine to Cuba. " -- Kirkus Reviews ". . . A revelatory tale of the Cuban Revolution' s impact on a family. [. . . ] Guerra holds the reader' s attention by evoking Cuba' s political tempest in Havana' s humid, salty air. It adds up to an effectively moody, intimate story. " -- Publishers Weekly
Wendy Guerra is a Cuban poet and novelist who has contributed to different magazines and newspapers, including the Spanish daily El Mundo and the Miami Herald, where she currently writes about arts and literature. Her first collection of poetry, Platea a oscuras, earned her a prize from the University of Havana when she was just seventeen, and she won the Bruguera Prize. Although her novels have been translated into several languages, only one of them has been published in Cuba. She has always lived in Havana.
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ISBN-13: 9780062990754
Published: 29 Sep 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Harpervia
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format: Paperback
Height: 203mm
Width: 135mm
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 195g
Pages: 272

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