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Next Year in Havana
- By: Chanel Cleeton
- Narrated by: Kyla Garcia, Frankie Maria Corzo
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19,215
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17,102
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17,063
Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, 19-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...Miami, 2017. Freelance writer Marisol Ferrera grew up hearing romantic stories of Cuba from her late grandmother Elisa, who was forced to flee during the revolution. Arriving in Havana, Marisol comes face-to-face with the contrast of Cuba's tropical, timeless beauty and its perilous political climate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story line but the performance...
- By Grace F on 07-10-18
- Next Year in Havana
- By: Chanel Cleeton
- Narrated by: Kyla Garcia, Frankie Maria Corzo
One of the best novels I’ve read
Reviewed: 11-27-18
The narration is phenomenal and the story left me wanting a next book. I can’t recommend this book enough.
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Hand to Mouth
- Living in Bootstrap America
- By: Linda Tirado
- Narrated by: Linda Tirado
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 453
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 409
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 404
In her thought-provoking voice, Tirado discusses how she went from lower-middle class, to sometimes middle class, to poor and everything in between, and in doing so reveals why "poor people don't always behave the way middle-class America thinks they should."
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4 out of 5 stars
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Buy the written copy, NOT the audio by the author
- By Jacqueline on 12-30-14
- Hand to Mouth
- Living in Bootstrap America
- By: Linda Tirado
- Narrated by: Linda Tirado
Succinct and True
Reviewed: 06-15-17
What did you like about this audiobook?
The author's performance adds so much to this book. If you're open to learning what it's actually like to be poor in America and don't mind feeling a bit guilty while you learn what your privilege means to poor people, this book is for you. Of course the author doesn't speak for every single poor person in this country. But she does paint a very clear picture of what millions of people like her go through just to get by. And it's not pretty. Yes, she can come off as a bit whiny at times. But you know what? She has every right to whine. It's hard as hell to be poor. Props to her for telling the truth.
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