"A NOVEL THAT MANAGES TO BE BOTH SHARP-WITTED
AND ELEGIAC, BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND
FULL OF SURPRISES THROUGHOUT."
-JOAN SILBER
Author of In My Other Life
"Obejas relates the compelling and disquieting history of Judaism and anti-Semitism in Cuba amidst evocative musings on exile, oppression, inheritance, the unexpected consequences of actions both weak and heroic, and the unruliness of desire and love."
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Booklist (starred review)
"Achy Obejas trains her poet's eye and her journalist's zeal on the ambiguities of exile, the disappointments of passionate love, and the fascinating 500-year story of Cuba's hidden Jews. We won't get anything as pat as a happy ending for our heroine, Alejandra, born with the Revolution, but the reader is guaranteed a magnificent journey."
-RAY SUAREZ
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Author of
The Old Neighborhood