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As the winds of revolution blow through Cuba, Laura Ocampo, a restless university student, defies her upbringing and becomes a supporter of Fidel Castro's rebels. When the hated Batista flees the country, she joins the thousands pouring into the streets to cheer as the bearded rebels, in the backs of trucks, roll into Havana in victory.

After twelve years apart, a family torn by distance is finally reunited in Tampa, Florida. The mother and her three children have spent over a decade in Cuba, while the father built a life alone in the United States. Now, the girls are teenagers, the boy is eleven, and the father dreams of picking up where he left off. But too much time has passed. Nothing is the same. The mother, a woman of deep faith, has her own ideas about raising their children. Her devotion guides her, while the father—hardened by loneliness—has lost his belief in everything, including himself. Beneath the surface...

"Una historia que abarca toda una vida. Es rica en imágenes y, a veces, es ligera y divertida, a pesar de la seriedad del telón de fondo de una Cuba todavía encadenada". Susana Jiménez-Mueller, podcaster internacional de Cuban Stories on The Green Plantain y autora de Now I Swim. Una historia fascinante, divertida e inspiradora, sobre la familia, la rivalidad entre hermanos y el amor. En 1966, a los quince años, Milagros, tímida, pero extraordinariamente talentosa y llena de sueños, se convierte en la pianista de una banda de establecidos músicos en La Habana. Su jornada la lleva a ...

“Se ha dicho muchas veces que la realidad supera la ficción. Es una frase tan manida que ha comenzado a caer en desuso. Sin embargo, hay libros que justifican su empleo. Este es el caso de Esperando en la calle Zapote, de la escritora cubanoamericana Betty Viamontes, quien se sintió obligada a escribir en su contraportada, a modo de advertencia, estas palabras: ‘Este libro está basado en una historia de la vida real’. Aunque quizás, para preparar aún más al lector, pudo haber agregado: ‘Es la historia de mi propia familia; la misma que mi madre, justo antes de morir, me pidió...

En abril de 1980, una familia es despertada abruptamente por fuertes golpes y gritos en su puerta. Los militares han venido por ellos. Es la época del éxodo del Mariel en La Habana, Cuba. No toda la familia podrá emprender este viaje rumbo a la tierra de la libertad. Dos hermanas, que han sido inseparables y compartido la misma casa en la calle Zapote, son separadas repentinamente. Una de ellas, Laura, se irá junto con sus tres hijos para reunirse con su esposo tras doce años de separación forzosa. La otra, Berta, se ha quedado junto a Antonio, su esposo, y sus hijas, puesto que no se...

“Once again, Betty Viamontes achieves storytelling magic in this historical account based on true events.” ―Susana Jiménez-Mueller, international podcaster and creator of The Green Plantain – The Cuban Series Project and author of Now I Swim. In 1994, tormented by the guilt of abandoning those they loved and fearing for their lives, Jorge and Andrés head toward the Florida Straits on unseaworthy rafts. It is the middle of hurricane season, but staying in Cuba is no longer an option. While the world watches, their decisions plunge them into the middle of an international conflict ...

From the award-winning author of Waiting on Zapote Street comes another unforgettable epic of resilience, exile, and identity. Nine years after Fidel Castro's rise to power, young Rodolfo Hernandez is forced to leave Cuba and embark on a solo journey to the United States. What awaits him in Miami is far more complex than he imagined, beginning with his estranged uncle Arturo, a man burdened by a mysterious past and a hardened heart. As Rodolfo enters twelfth grade at Miami High, he meets Lissy, a brilliant girl with oversized glasses and a quiet resolve who offers to help him adapt to his ...

Por la autora de la novela Esperando en la calle Zapote, ganadora del premio Latino Books Into Movies. Es esta una historia épica, basada en hechos reales, que transporta a los lectores a la provincia de Camagüey, en el corazón de Cuba. La trama se desarrolla durante el año 1955, cuando germinaba la semilla de la revolución de Fidel Castro. Serán testigos de la transformación política de un pueblo que consecuentemente llevará a sus habitantes, de forma dramática, a vivir un cambio radical en sus costumbres y en su estilo de vida. El pueblo, Arroyo Blanco, que es conocido por los ...

Teresa Piñeiro knew no fear. In 1960, pregnant, thirty-one-year-old Teresa Piñeiro, along with a group of men, appears in the local newspaper after she is arrested for trying to hijack an airplane to Miami. The daughter of a retired first lieutenant and professor of the Army and the granddaughter of one of the trailblazing Spanish families who established the town of La Palma in western Cuba, Teresa finds herself in a maximum-security prison where she confronts the Comandante en Jefe, Fidel Castro. Now, four generations of Teresa’s family—her mother, her blind grandmother, her ten-...

In 1961, Olivia and Clarisa become part of an exodus that brings over 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban children to the United States: Operation Pedro Pan. What should have been a short separation will mark the transformation of their lives. Fifty-five years later, they go back to Cuba. Will they find the closure they so desperately seek?

"Una vez más, Betty Viamontes logra la magia narrativa en este relato histórico basado en hechos reales." ―Susana Jiménez-Mueller, podcaster internacional y creadora de The Green Plantain – The Cuban Series Project y autora de Now I Swim. En 1994, atormentados por la culpabilidad de haber abandonado a sus seres queridos y temiendo por sus vidas, Jorge y Andrés se dirigen hacia el Estrecho de la Florida en balsas no aptas para la navegación. Se encuentran en plena temporada de huracanes, pero el quedarse en Cuba no es una opción. Ante los ojos del mundo, sus decisiones los sumergen...

Teresa Piñeiro no conocía el miedo. En 1960, con treinta y un años y embarazada, su nombre y foto aparecen en el periódico local, junto a los de seis hombres. Fueron arrestados por intentar secuestrar un avión con la intención de desviar su rumbo hacia Miami. Poco después, Teresa, la hija de un general retirado y nieta de una de las familias españolas pioneras que establecieron el pueblo La Palma al oeste de Cuba, se enfrenta al Comandante en Jefe, Fidel Castro, en una prisión de máxima seguridad adonde es llevada. De repente, cuatro generaciones de la familia: su abuela ciega, su...

Escrita por la autora de la galardonada novela Esperando en la calle Zapote, describe a los lectores una historia basada en hechos reales.En la Cuba de los años 60, se frena la vida de una joven de clase media cuando es víctima de lo que rápidamente se convertiría en huracán del dogma idealista y de la política mundial.«Los libros de Betty Viamontes no pretenden ser libros de la literatura clásica. Al contrario, son deliberadamente simples, sobre personas reales atrapadas en un cataclismo histórico. Como la mayoría de las memorias del holocausto, su fuerza reside en su simplicidad...

"Las narraciones de Betty Viamontes, son como el arca de Noé, recogen todos los «especímenes» para con-servar a la posterioridad, el perfil de un pueblo lanzado a un destino incierto."

Betty Viamontes, MBA is a novelist, entrepreneur, and finance administrator with over thirty years of management experience at medium or large healthcare organizations. She is a regular speaker at universities and professional conferences and an expert on time management. She has served as chair and vice chair of the FICPA Healthcare Conference Committee and was a member of one of the FICPA education committees. After speaking often about the subject of time management and written two successful novels and a book of short stories, she has decided to utilize her story-telling skills and ...

Since Joel Camacho was a child, he knew he didn’t want to stay in Cuba. Becoming a medical doctor turns into his ticket out. But it also propels him into an elaborate labyrinth of modern-day slavery, gangs, corruption, and international human trafficking from which he must escape. For him, there is only one haven. Trying to reach it becomes the most difficult challenge of his life. *** Despite the horrors, Crossing North is ultimately a tale of love and family. Its characters are strikingly familiar. They are parents and children like our own, clinging to each other while their world ...

"Prepare to be pulled by your lapels!" Amazon customer. "Compelling and immersive stories." Amazon customer. From the author of the award-winning "Waiting on Zapote Street" and "Brothers: A Pedro Pan Story." An anthology of vivid and engaging stories that will take readers to the streets of Havana. "Candela's Secrets and Other Havana Stories" allows readers to uncover the lives of people living on Zapote Street in the Havana neighborhood of Santos Suarez. This book takes them on an extraordinary journey of discovery, within the island that has captivated so many people around the world.

Won Best Novel - Historical Fiction award from the International Latino Books Awards. From the author of the award-winning "Waiting on Zapote Street." In 1961, brothers Angel and Roberto—ages fifteen and twelve—become part of the Pedro Pan Operation, the biggest recorded exodus to the United States of unaccompanied children in the Western Hemisphere. They glimpse at what they are about to experience when their aunt, Marina, begs a stranger to take her infant son out of Cuba to save him from the new authoritarian government. Moments later, Mirta, the boys’ mother, tearily hugs and ...

From the author of the award-winning "Waiting on Zapote Street." On the night of September 15, 1961, when two mothers, Andrea and Maritza, give birth, the emergency room of La Covadonga Hospital in Havana is very crowded. Andrea, who is just a teenager, immigrates to the United States alone to start a new life. Circumstances force her to leave her newborn girl in Cuba. Maritza remains on the island with her daughter, Polina. There, she will be forced to face the consequences of the events unfolding in the island nation. As the social, economic, and political situation within Cuba ...

Por la autora de la galardonada novela Esperando en la calle Zapote. En la noche del 15 de septiembre de 1961, cuando dos madres, Andrea y Maritza, dan a luz, la sala de emergencia de La Covadonga en La Habana está muy concurrida. Andrea, quien apenas es una adolescente, emigra a los Estados Unidos sin sus padres para comenzar una nueva vida. Las circunstancias la obligan a dejar a su niña recién nacida en Cuba. Maritza permanece en la isla junto a su hija, Polina. Allí se verá forzada a enfrentar las consecuencias de los acontecimientos que se desarrollan en la nación isleña. A ...