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Candela's Secrets and Other Havana Stories
Paperback
ISBN13: 9780986423741
Publisher: Zapote Street Books, LLC
Published: Jul 14 2016
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.36 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Candela's Secrets and Other Havana Stories is a powerful collection that transports readers into the heart of Havana's neighborhoods during the years of Castro's rule-a world shaped by sacrifice, resilience, quiet desperation, and fragile hope.
The collection opens with Candela's Secrets, the haunting story of a young married woman trapped in a loveless marriage to a man twenty years her senior. In a city where survival often demands impossible choices, Candela walks the Malecón at night, selling her body to endure a life she never imagined for herself.
Through richly drawn characters and intimate portraits of daily life, these stories reveal the strength, heartbreak, and determination of ordinary people navigating extraordinary times.
A moving tribute to the human spirit in the face of hardship, this collection captures the soul of Havana-its beauty, its sorrow, and its unbreakable will to survive.
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