Candela's Secrets and Other Havana Stories

By Betty Viamontes

Book Overview

"Prepare to be pulled by your lapels " Amazon customer. "Compelling and immersive stories." Amazon customer.

From the author of the award-winning "Waiting on Zapote Street" and "Brothers: A Pedro Pan Story."

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 Malec n 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0986423742
• ISBN13: 9780986423741
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Zapote Street Books, LLC
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"