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GtrsRGr8 · 03-10-2016, 04:11 PM

Title: Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy.
Genre: Non-Fiction (Caribbean/Memoir).
Author(s): Carlos Eire.
Price: $0.00 (ebook ($1.99 marked down) + $3.99 Whispersync audio).
Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $29.95.
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.2 stars/480 reviews (Amazon).
Audio Rating/Number of Ratings: 3.7/85 ratings.
Pages/Audio Length: 400/16 hours and 11 minutes.
Narrator(s): David Drummond.
Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/pd/Bios-Memoi...ook/B005HEERSU.
Amazon URL (can get the whole Whispersync deal here): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FC0WFQ.
Comments: The book is a #1 seller at Amazon in . . .
Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Biographies & Memoirs > Ethnic & National
Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > History > Americas > Caribbean & West Indies
Books > History > Americas > Caribbean & West Indies > Cuba.
Book Description (Amazon):
“Have mercy on me, Lord, I am Cuban.” In 1962, Carlos Eire was one of 14,000 children airlifted out of Havana—exiled from his family, his country, and his own childhood by Fidel Castro’s revolution. Winner of the National Book Award, this stunning memoir is a vibrant and evocative look at Latin America from a child’s unforgettable experience.

Waiting for Snow in Havana is both an exorcism and an ode to a paradise lost. For the Cuba of Carlos’s youth—with its lizards and turquoise seas and sun-drenched siestas—becomes an island of condemnation once a cigar-smoking guerrilla named Fidel Castro ousts President Batista on January 1, 1959. Suddenly the music in the streets sounds like gunfire. Christmas is made illegal, political dissent leads to imprisonment, and too many of Carlos’s friends are leaving Cuba for a place as far away and unthinkable as the United States. Carlos will end up there, too, and fulfill his mother’s dreams by becoming a modern American man—even if his soul remains in the country he left behind.

Narrated with the urgency of a confession, Waiting for Snow in Havana is a eulogy for a native land and a loving testament to the collective spirit of Cubans everywhere.

03-10-2016, 04:11 PM	#412
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	WS Deal for $5.98 on #1 Selling Book at Amazon in THREE Categories. Audible $29.95. Title: *Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy. Genre:* Non-Fiction (Caribbean/Memoir). Author(s): Carlos Eire. Price: *$0.00* (ebook ($1.99 marked down) + $3.99 Whispersync audio). Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $29.95. Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.2 stars/480 reviews (Amazon). Audio Rating/Number of Ratings: 3.7/85 ratings. Pages/Audio Length: 400/16 hours and 11 minutes. Narrator(s): David Drummond. Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/pd/Bios-Memoi...ook/B005HEERSU. Amazon URL (can get the whole Whispersync deal here): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FC0WFQ. Comments: The book is a #1 seller at Amazon in . . . Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Biographies & Memoirs > Ethnic & National Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > History > Americas > Caribbean & West Indies Books > History > Americas > Caribbean & West Indies > Cuba. Book Description (Amazon): “Have mercy on me, Lord, I am Cuban.” In 1962, Carlos Eire was one of 14,000 children airlifted out of Havana—exiled from his family, his country, and his own childhood by Fidel Castro’s revolution. Winner of the National Book Award, this stunning memoir is a vibrant and evocative look at Latin America from a child’s unforgettable experience. Waiting for Snow in Havana is both an exorcism and an ode to a paradise lost. For the Cuba of Carlos’s youth—with its lizards and turquoise seas and sun-drenched siestas—becomes an island of condemnation once a cigar-smoking guerrilla named Fidel Castro ousts President Batista on January 1, 1959. Suddenly the music in the streets sounds like gunfire. Christmas is made illegal, political dissent leads to imprisonment, and too many of Carlos’s friends are leaving Cuba for a place as far away and unthinkable as the United States. Carlos will end up there, too, and fulfill his mother’s dreams by becoming a modern American man—even if his soul remains in the country he left behind. Narrated with the urgency of a confession, Waiting for Snow in Havana is a eulogy for a native land and a loving testament to the collective spirit of Cubans everywhere. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 03-10-2016 at 06:22 PM.