The Distant Marvels: A Novel

The Distant Marvels: A Novel

Maria Sirena tells stories. She does it for moneyâ€”she was a favorite in the cigar factory where she worked as a lettoraâ€”and for love, spinning gossamer tales out of her own past for the benefit of friends, neighbors, and family. But now, like a modern-day Scheherazade, she will be asked to tell one last story so that eight women can keep both hope and themselves alive.
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Cuba, 1963. Hurricane Flora, one of the deadliest hurricanes in recorded history, is bearing down on the island. Seven women have been forcibly evacuated from their homes and herded into the former governorâ€™s mansion, where they are watched over by another woman, a young soldier of Castroâ€™s new Cuba named Ofelia. Outside the storm is raging and the floodwaters are rising. In a single room on the top floor of the governorâ€™s mansion, Maria Sirena begins to tell the incredible story of her childhood during Cubaâ€™s Third War of Independence; of her father Augustin, a ferocious rebel; of her mother, Lulu, an astonishing woman who fought, loved, dreamed, and suffered as fiercely as her husband. Stories, however, have a way of taking on a life of their own, and transported by her storyâ€™s momentum, Maria Sirena will reveal more about herself than she or anyone ever expected.
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Chantel Acevedoâ€™s The Distant Marvels is an epic adventure tale, a family saga, a love story, a stunning historical account of armed struggle against oppressors, and a long tender plea for forgiveness. It is, finally, a life-affirming novel about the kind of love that lasts a lifetime and the very art of storytelling itself.
Country USA
Brand Europa Editions
Manufacturer Europa Editions
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber FLIBD9781609452520
ReleaseDate 2015-04-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781609452520

Country	USA
Brand	Europa Editions
Manufacturer	Europa Editions
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	FLIBD9781609452520
ReleaseDate	2015-04-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781609452520

The Distant Marvels: A Novel

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