Waiting for snow in Havana : confessions of a Cuban boy
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Bristol Library - Adult Nonfiction | BIO EIR | In transit |
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography.
Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1959 -- Personal narratives.
Cuban Americans -- Biography.
Eire, Carlos M. N. -- Childhood and youth.
Eire, Carlos M. N. -- Family.
Havana (Cuba) -- Biography.
Havana (Cuba) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Havana (Cuba) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Operation Peter Pan.
Refugee children -- United States -- Biography.
Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1959 -- Personal narratives.
Cuban Americans -- Biography.
Eire, Carlos M. N. -- Childhood and youth.
Eire, Carlos M. N. -- Family.
Havana (Cuba) -- Biography.
Havana (Cuba) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Havana (Cuba) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Operation Peter Pan.
Refugee children -- United States -- Biography.
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396 pages : ill. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Waiting for Snow in Havana is both an exorcism and an ode to a paradise lost. For the Cuba of Carlos’s youth—with its lizards and turquoise seas and sun-drenched siestas—becomes an island of condemnation once a cigar-smoking guerrilla named Fidel Castro ousts President Batista on January 1, 1959. Suddenly the music in the streets sounds like gunfire. Christmas is made illegal, political dissent leads to imprisonment, and too many of Carlos’s friends are leaving Cuba for a place as far away and unthinkable as the United States. Carlos will end up there, too, and fulfill his mother’s dreams by becoming a modern American man—even if his soul remains in the country he left behind.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Eire, C. M. N. (20042003). Waiting for snow in Havana: confessions of a Cuban boy . Free Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Eire, Carlos M. N. 20042003. Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy. New York: Free Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Eire, Carlos M. N. Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy New York: Free Press, 20042003.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Eire, Carlos M. N. Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy Free Press, 20042003.
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