Two estranged sisters with a complicated past and an acrimonious present reunite in 1990s Cuba to confront the riddle of family amid the scars of political upheaval
Affecting and sometimes amusing ... Lamazares, who was born in Havana, knows her homeland well, and her book is rife with description and historic detail that only someone with first-hand knowledge could provide.
The author offers a nuanced view of the country’s turmoil during the so-called Special Period ... The narrative ends with an affecting scene set during the Cuban thaw of 2015 ... Readers will be moved.
