Rediscovering Cuba: A Personal Memoir

This is the riveting story of one family's trip to Cuba. In 1998, the author was informed of his grandmother's terminal illness, whom he had not seen in over twenty years. Curious to unravel the mystery that for many years has enshrouded Cuba, he convinced his mother and aunt to accompany him and revisit their native land. This, part diary, part memoir, is based on this trip. We are taken to Santiago de Cuba and to Boniato, a small town on the outskirts of the city rumored to have been built atop an old Indian cemetery. Along the way, we meet colorful characters and eccentric family members set against a rich background of folklore, local color and politics. We meet his aunt Mimi who as a girl thought a cow was her mother; or his great grandmother who died arguing with a flock of pigeons; or even ghosts rumored to haunt his small family house in Boniato.