Cuban Seeds
Publisher: Floricanto Press
Publication Date: Dec 19, 2016
ISBN/EAN13: 1541185528 / 9781541185524
Page Count: 208
Binding Type: US Trade Paper
Trim Size: 6″ x 9″
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Related Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Women
My new book is out. Eighty-five-year-old Chelo fled Cuba in search of freedom in 1961. Born in a small village near Havana in 1921, she had married 30-year-old Adolfo Llano in 1944. Since their childhood, husband and wife had struggled to secure their future with the help of their immigrant parents, whose mind-blowing odysseys and life stories on the island prepared them for a successful future. The new married couple resided in Artemisa, the cradle of the revolution, where they came in contact with Ramiro Valdez and Ciro Redondo who participated with Fidel Castro in the assault to the Moncada Military Headquarters in 1953 and the Granma yacht expedition in 1956. The Llanos were blessed with two sons and prosperity, but their bliss was cut short in 1959 when Fidel rose to power and confiscated their possessions—bank accounts, buildings, business, home. As Chelo put it, they left Cuba “covering their forepart with a hand and their rear with the other.” Chelo’s steel-forged nerves and resourcefulness steered her family to success in their new world. It would have been easier to be a fake revolutionary like Fidel Castro—who used deception and wielded a gun to suppress the free will of his people—than be a real fighter and do what she did day after day. Her life stood out as a monument to Cuban tenacity. History books did not record the events because she had lacked political ambitions and had not tortured or killed anyone. Yet, her anonymity would have been an irreparable loss.
When does a memoir become, not only an individual’s tale, but a testimony of historical events? When the narration weaves dramatic personal stories within a country’s history, and when each historical event as it evolved impacted on people lives and destinies. Louis Villalba’s “Cuban Seeds” tells an astonishing tale centered on Chelo, a politically quiet and a towering figure, and the Llanos family, whose struggles against a Communist dictatorship and yearnings for freedom led them to America in 1961. This book is highly recommended. LatinoBooks.Net
This book is a wonderful gift for this holiday season.
You may buy it at www. amazon.com or order at your local book store.
Enjoy!!
Happy New Year to all my friends and readers!
Louis
