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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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We Carry Our Homes with Us: A Cuban American Memoir

We Carry Our Homes with Us: A Cuban American Memoir

Veiga, Marisella

Paperback

Biographies GeneralLatino Studies

Publisher Price: $16.95

ISBN10: 1681340062
ISBN13: 9781681340067
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: Apr 15 2016
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
A timely memoir by a Cuban American writer, exploring issues of identity, biculturalism, and life exiled from a beloved homeland.

On December 30, 1960, Marisella Veiga with her mother and two brothers boarded a plane from Havana to Miami. Her father fled a few months later, joining his family with a total of fourteen U.S. cents in his pocket and an understanding that he would never see his homeland again. Seeking a less competitive job market and thanks largely to the sponsorship of a host family in St. Paul, the Veigas resettled in Minnesota, miles away from the Caribbean subtropics, where the climate was similar to home, Spanish was spoken, and thousands of exiles arrived each month.

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