![]() ![]() He reads from novels by Alexander Dumas, from Shakespeare's plays, from news stories-his aim to help distract them from their toil, and from the encroachment of guerrilla fighting in their town. Antonio, Carmen’s great-grandfather, enchanted Maria Isabel by reading aloud to her and other workers to help pass the time. Readers are then whisked back to 1866 and introduced to Carmen’s great-grandmother, Maria Isabel, who was the only female employee in an all-male cigar factory in Camagüey, Cuba. ![]() Carmen writes: Maybe if I had a way of seeing all the past, all the paths, maybe I’d have some answer as to why: Why did our lives turn out this way? This is not the American dream Carmen had envisioned for her family when she migrated from Cuba to Miami. The novel opens in 2018 with Carmen lamenting her daughter Jeannette’s opioid addiction, desperately hoping she will get sober, survive. 8 Books by Latinx Authors to Read Right Now. ![]()
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