Grandma Carmen's Stories

By Julio de la Yncera

When Carmen, a Cuban grandmother with a suitcase full of saz n, saints, and stubborn hope, decides to visit her grandson in the United States, she steps into a world of embassy windows, airport rituals, and glowing screens that promise connection-but rarely deliver warmth. Across fifteen short, illustrated chapters, Carmen and her sharp-tongued neighbor Antonia navigate visa lines before dawn, the peculiar logic of social media filters, and the sacred art of packing love into Ziplocs and doilies. With humor and tenderness, the book gathers the textures of migration-beans and VapoRub, bay leaves and whispered prayers-while revealing a generation that crossed oceans both real and emotional. Between porch gossip and digital pings, Carmen's voice becomes a mirror for anyone who has ever left, arrived, or waited at the threshold of family. This is a celebration of resilience, kinship, and the small domestic miracles that make a new place feel like home-at least long enough to see snow, kiss a grandchild, and promise to come back soon.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FPWH6HFC
• ISBN13: 9798263597573
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"