Boxing for Cuba: An Immigrant's Story
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (589 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1555919103 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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B. Caldwell said A vividly braided memoir. Guillermo Vidal's richly detailed writing makes the heart ache as he recounts his family's immigration from Cuba to the United States. An intimate family portrait emerges from the struggle and conflicts this family endures and ultimately overcomes. A worthwhile and inspiring read.. "A different immigrant story" according to P. Atkinson. "Boxing for Cuba" was an interesting story about Cuban immigrants from the Castro takeover. The story of the Peter Pan children was particularly interesting as I had never heard about it before. I also liked his description of returning to Cuba many years later. Gave me a new perspective about Cuban immigrants. My book club enjoyed the book and it gave us lots to talk about.. Jeffrey May said Insightful and thought provoking. Wonderful insight into the life and struggles of a refugee child, his relationship to the parents who had to send him on alone to a new land, and his thoughts on both Cuba and the US. Very personal and open.
with more than 14,000 other Cuban children on Operation Peter Pan. When relatives in Miami failed to meet the Vidal brothers, they found themselves in an orphanage in Denver, where they suffered brutal abuse. --Hazel Rochman . From Booklist Growing up in a wealthy, privileged family in Havana in the 1950s, Guillermo seemed to lead an idyllic life, but, in fact, he and his brothers lay awake for hours as their parents raged at each other long into the night. Cuban Americans will certainly take pride in the successful immigrant story here, but the candor of the personal drama at home gives the book added depth and
He arrived in Colorado and was sent to an orphanage with his brothers, and his family reunited four years later. In 1961, fearing the communist rule of Fidel Castro, Guillermo Vicente Vidal's family sent him to America through Operation Peter Pan. Fifty years later, he served as Denver's mayor. This is his story of overcoming incredible odds.