{"product_id":"love-letters-from-cuba-paperback","title":"Love Letters from Cuba - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBetty Viamontes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's 2021, in the midst of a global pandemic, when twenty-four-year-old Lena Pérez stumbles upon a collection of her grandfather's love letters.\u003c\/b\u003e Reeling from the end of a three-year relationship with Paulo Oliveira-a charming Brazilian ex-soccer player whom her Cuban-American mother never accepted-Lena feels adrift and unmoored. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs she unpacks the old letters left behind by her grandfather, Rolando Pérez, a wounded Vietnam veteran, Lena begins to piece together a powerful story that predates her birth: a journey that carried her grandfather from the streets of Havana to the battlefields of Vietnam. Through his heartfelt words and confessions, Lena not only uncovers buried family secrets and intergenerational wounds but also begins to understand the forces that shaped her family-and herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat begins as a window into the past soon becomes a mirror. In rediscovering her grandfather's voice, Lena finds her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ***\u003cbr\u003e\"In her newest novel, award-winning author Betty Viamontes uses the first-person narrative and brilliantly exploits the epistolary approach. As in her prior works, she continues to describe life in Cuba.\u003cbr\u003eThe novel is set in present day and is full of surprises that will keep you guessing what will happen next.\" -Susana Jiménez-Mueller, storyteller and podcaster, author of \u003ci\u003eNow I Swim\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Green Plantain - The Cuban Stories Project podcast\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetty Viamontes was born in Havana, Cuba. When Betty was fifteen, she and her family crossed the Florida Straits in an overcrowded shrimp boat on a stormy night when many families perished. This trip would reunite the family with Betty's father in the United States after twelve years of separation. Betty completed graduate studies at the University of South Florida. Upon her mother's death, Betty began to dedicate her life to capturing stories of people without a voice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer stories have traveled the world from the award-winning\u003ci\u003e Waiting on Zapote Street\u003c\/i\u003e to the No. 1 newest releases, \u003ci\u003eThe Pedro Pan Girls\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGirl from White Creek.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBetty has published nine books, including the novel she wrote to fulfill the promise she made to her mother before she died. Despite Betty's mother's battle with cancer, she witnessed many of Betty's accomplishments. However, she was not able to see the publication of Waiting on Zapote Street, her story.\u003cbr\u003eIn 2018, actor Edward James Olmos announced that Waiting on Zapote Street had been a winner of the Latino Books Into Movies Award. The Latino Author website also lists this autobiographical novel as one of the best ten books of 2016, and in 2017 and again in 2020, it became an Amazon bestseller in its category, after being selected by a United Nations women's book club and multiple others.\u003cbr\u003eBetty's life has been filled with many challenges, but she managed to survive those challenges and help others along the way.\u003cbr\u003eBetty hopes that as long as someone reads her mother's story, her spirit, her determination, and the love she gave to all she met will go on forever. She also hopes to preserve the history of the Cuban people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCircumstances \/ Cuba \/ DNA results \/ Exile \/ Family \/ History \/ Love Letters \/ Grandfathers \/ Granddaughters \/ Relationships\/ Second Chances\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377210081458,"sku":"9781955848046","price":16.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/G4vQeF3HQO9781955848046.webp?v=1783059832","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/love-letters-from-cuba-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}