Cuban Quartermoon

By Ann Putnam

Book Overview

Hemingway scholar Laura Gallagher has lived a half-life stymied by personal tragedy since she lost bother parents at the age of twelve, then her own daughter, and finally, her marriage. You can't run from grief, but that's just what Laurie does, this latest time to Cuba as part of a group of Ernest Hemingway scholars. Beyond a greater understanding of Hemingway's time on the island... what else might Cuban teach her? Laura's journey takes her across a ravishing and perilous terrain -- both dreamscape and landscape -- wherein her lost family's secret heart of darkness beats and the mysteries that have shaped her life are waiting to be uncovered. But at what cost? Praise for Cuban Quartermoon "The lush imagery and cutting edge prose of this narrative masterpiece makes for a compelling and transformative read." Linda Patterson Miller, Ph.D Distinguished Professor of English, Penn State University Author of Letters from the Lost Generation Head of the Editorial Board for the Hemingway Letters Project "Hemingway called Cuba "that long, beautiful, unhappy island." In her rich and evocative novel, Ann Putnam renders the beauty, lure, strangeness, and intrigue of the island in sensuous detail through the eyes of a North American woman on a personal journey toward restoration and redemption." Sandra Spanier, Ph.D Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English, Penn State University "Narrated with haunting poetic language, Cuban Quartermoon transports its readers to the luscious landscapes, ethereal light, and the complicated politics of Cuba in the 90's. The story of an American woman with a tragic past, traveling to Havana for the first time, is delicately rendered and imbued with subtle Santeria spirituality as a healing of the soul. In this magical novel, Ann Putnam masterly takes us to a world of contradictions, loss and longing, where the main character confronts the haunting ghosts of her past to finally find absolution, renewal and hope. A must read." Dr. Loly Alcaide Ramirez Spanish Language and Cultures School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences University of Washington, Tacoma

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0B2WRC17Y
• ISBN13: 9798426476776
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.9" x 5.3"