Property of the Revolution (Paperback)

Paperback. . . . filled with wisdom, history, joy . . . I wanted to sit with the viejos and all the love and chaos in their multi-generational home and hold on to Abuela and her stories forever.Marjan Kamali, USA Today best-selling author of The Lion Women of Tehran and The Stationery Shop In this sweeping, historical, yet intimate memoir, the author details her familys transformation from pro-Castro revolutionaries in a scrappy Havana barrio to refugees in a New Hampshire mill towna timeless and timely tale of loss and reinvention.Ana Hebra Flaster was six years old when her working-class family was kicked out of their Havana barrio for opposing communism. Once devoted revolutionaries themselves but disillusioned by the Castro governments repressive tactics, they fled to the US. The permanent losses they sufferedof home, country, and loved ones, all within forty-eight hourshaunted her multigenerational family as they reclaimed their lives and freedom in 1967 New Hampshire. There, they fed each other stories of their scrappy barriosome of which Hebra Flaster has shared on All Things Consideredto resurrect their lost world and fortify themselves for a daunting task: building a new life in a foreign land. Weaving pivotal events in CubaUS history with her viejoseldersstories of surviving political upheaval, impossible choices, and refugeedom, Property of the Revolution celebrates the indomitable spirit and wisdom of the women warriors who led the family out of Cuba, shaped its rebirth as Cuban Americans, and helped Ana grow up hopeful, future-facingAmerican. But what happens when deeply buried childhood memories resurface, demanding an adults reckoning? Heres how the fiercest love, the most stubborn will, and the power of family put nine new Americans back on their feet. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…