Take Me with You: A Secret Search for Family in a Forbidden

Take Me with You: A Secret Search for Family in a Forbidden Cuba
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Carlos FrÃas, an award-winning journalist and the American-born son of Cuban exiles, grew up hearing about his parents' homeland only in parables. Their Cuba, the one they left behind four decades ago, was ethereal. It existed, for him, only in their anecdotes, and in the family that remained in Cuba -- merely ghosts on the other end of a telephone.

Until Fidel Castro fell ill.

Sent to Cuba by his newspaper as the country began closing to foreign journalists in August 2006, FrÃas begins the secret journey of a lifetime -- twelve days in the land of his parents. That experience led to this evocative, spectacular, and unforgettable memoir.

Take Me With You is written through the unique eyes of a first-generation Cuban-American seeing the forbidden country of his ancestry for the first time. Take Me With You provides a fresh view of Cuba, devoid of overt political commentary, focusing instead on the gritty, tangible lives of the people living in Castro's Cuba. FrÃas takes in the island nation of today and attempts to reconstruct what the past was like for his parents, retracing their footsteps, searching for his roots, and discovering his history. The book creates lasting and unexpected ripples within his family on both sides of the Florida Straits -- and on the author himself.
Country USA
Brand Atria Books
Manufacturer Atria
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber new18-201510-09-b0028443
ReleaseDate 2009-11-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781416559528

Country	USA
Brand	Atria Books
Manufacturer	Atria
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	new18-201510-09-b0028443
ReleaseDate	2009-11-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781416559528

Take Me with You: A Secret Search for Family in a Forbidden Cuba

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