story of love, sex, and revolution through several generations. Part One begins in 1875 with the arrival in Havana of a Spanish immigrant couple. Their Cuban born son fights in the Independence War. Historical events provide the background for each chapter, up to the triumph of Castro's revolution. The stories in Part Two are about the Cuban exodus, and dramatize the flight from the island and subsequent developments as the Cubans leave their homeland.
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Camelia Colón Townsend left Cuba soon after the Castro revolution took over the government of the island. With a degree in Journalism, she worked in New York for the Macmillan Publishing Company as Spanish Editor of bilingual textbooks. In 1987, she joined the staff of Radio Marti in Washington, D.C. As Senior Editor, she covered domestic and international news and was responible for a one-hour newscast. Mrs. Townsend resides in Virginia and Florida; she also lived in Portugal and Swaziland, Africa.
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