Find Me in Havana

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BiographyTrue CrimeSacrificeStrong Female LeadLatino/Hispanic AuthorsImmigrant StoriesWomen AuthorsCultural IdentityGrief & LossFamily DynamicsSelf-DiscoveryLatin American LiteratureMid-20th CenturyMusic Industry
Historical Fiction

Find Me in Havana

Serena Burdick

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The dazzling true story of one of Hollywood's most celebrated Hispanic actresses and her daughter's search for answers. Cuba, 1936: When Estelita Rodriguez sings in a hazy Havana nightclub for the very first time, she is nine years old. From then on, that spotlight of adoration--from Havana to New York's Copacabana and then Hollywood--becomes the one true accomplishment no one can take from her. Not the 1933 Cuban Revolution that drove her family into poverty. Not the revolving door of husbands and the fickle world of film. Not even the tragic devastation of Castro's revolution that rained down on her loved ones. Thirty years later, her young adult daughter, Nina Rodriguez, is blindsided by her mother's mysterious, untimely death. Seeking answers no one else wants to hear, the grieving Nina navigates the troubling, opulent memories of their life together and discovers how much Estelita sacrificed to live the American dream on her own terms. Based on true events and exclusive interviews with the real Nina Rodriguez, Find Me in Havana weaves two unforgettable voices into one extraordinary journey that explores the unbreakable bond between mother and child, and the ever-changing landscape of self-discovery.

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Publisher

Park Row Books

Pages

336

Format

PAPERBACK

ISBN-13

9780778389361

ISBN-10

0778389367

Language

English

Published

2021-01-01