HAVANA DREAMS: A Story of Cuba. by Gimbel, Wendy.

HAVANA DREAMS: A Story of Cuba.

Edition: First edition.

New York Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - 'A fascinating, powerfully evocative story of four generations of Cuban women' - a combination of memoir, history and reporting, this most of all the story of Naty Revuelta, born into a privileged family, educated in the US, mistress of Fidel Castro who remained in Cuba after her husband and the rest of her family left to raise her second daughter, the unacknowledged child of Fidel Castro. The author, whose paternal grandmother was Cuban, found this story when she visited Cuba in an attempt to find out more about her grandmother. Dustjacket praise from Oscar Hijuelos and Judith Thurman, among others. Photographs, 234 pp. ISBN: 0-679-430539.

Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

Book ID: 28522
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