Author: ROTH, DONALD LLOYD
Title: The Girl from Guantanamo
Description: New York: Selectbooks, 2017. Hardcover. ISBN: 159079429X. 9.1 X 6.2 X 0.9 inches; x, 192 pages; Hard cover is green with gold lettering. DJ. NEW. "The Girl from Guantanamo is a captivating work of the historical fiction genre that electrifies readers with the harrowing tale of Pilar Ruiz, who as an eighteen- year- old in 1958 Cuba, improbably secured the course of the Castro Revolution. In 1958 the author was a Lieutenant (jg) in the U. S. Navy stationed aboard an iconic Destroyer Escort the USS Raymond. The Raymond made several visits to the base at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) and an overnight foray into the harbor of Santiago de Cuba at a pivotal juncture of the Revolution. His unique perspective adds verisimilitude to his tale. Pilar was born and spent her early years on a sugar farm, both Santiago and GTMO. Her father Miguel and her uncle Jorge had built separate houses. Each raised a daughter, born within the same week. The cousins Pilar and Alicia were more like twin sisters as Pilar's mother Maria, mothered both girls because Alicia's mother died when the girls were one- year old. For the two families it could be said that "sugar was their life." When Pilar was nine, Miguel, to give his family a better life, moved them to Miami when he became a sparring partner to international boxing legend Kid Gavilan...". New in New dust jacket .

Keywords: 159079429x 9781590794296; Historical Fiction; Cuba; Cultural History; Social History; Family Life; Families; Immigrants; Women's History; Historical Fiction Women/Womens' History Fiction Cultural History American History Geography Biography/Memoirs/Journa