The journey to find where Marisol should scatter the ashes is an enjoyable and at times difficult journey. Upon the death of her grandmother, Elisa Perez, Marisol returns her grandmother’s ashes to Cuba, as Elisa’s dying wish is to be scattered in the land she loved.

Marisol Ferrera is a Cuban-American writer whose wealthy family escaped to Miami just after the rise of Fidel Castro. This first book in The Cuba Saga series by Chanel Cleeton paints the picture of life in Cuba in the 50’s as well as in present day while following the life of Marisol Ferrera. Next Year in Havana is a thought provoking story set in a dual timeline which, finally in the second half, grabbed my attention and made it very difficult to put the book down. When more family history comes to light and Marisol finds herself attracted to a man with secrets of his own, she’ll need the lessons of her grandmother’s past to help her understand the true meaning of courage. Elisa’s last wish was for Marisol to scatter her ashes in the country of her birth.Īrriving in Havana, Marisol comes face-to-face with the contrast of Cuba’s tropical, timeless beauty and its perilous political climate. Freelance writer Marisol Ferrera grew up hearing romantic stories of Cuba from her late grandmother Elisa, who was forced to flee with her family during the revolution. The daughter of a sugar baron, nineteen-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba’s high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country’s growing political unrest–until she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary… After the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identity–and unearths a family secret hidden since the revolution…

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