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Book Review: ’The Tilting House’ Is a Novel About Coming of Age in Communist Cuba
CUBA, JUL 21 – Ivonne Lamazares’ novel reveals family secrets and exile during Cuba’s Special Period, highlighting Operation Pedro Pan’s impact as thousands of children were sent to the U.S., author said.
- Ivonne Lamazares, a Miami-based writer born in Havana, published the novel The Tilting House set in post-Berlin Wall Communist Cuba.
- The story unfolds as 16-year-old orphan Yuri’s quiet life with her religious aunt Ruth is disrupted by Mariela, who claims Aunt Ruth sent her to the U.S. through Operation Pedro Pan in the early 1960s.
- Mariela’s chaotic presence leads to absurd art projects, including a public funeral for Ruth’s dog using illegal fireworks, while Ruth faces arrest due to government suspicion of her faith.
- Mariela tells Yuri, “they aren’t cousins, but sisters,” sharing their mother gave birth to her as a teenager, and the family’s tilting house eventually collapses as neighbors dismantle it for materials.
- During her return visit to Cuba, Yuri’s past becomes clearer as she approaches closure and forgiveness, reflecting the novel’s themes of hidden family secrets and the quest for home.
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‘The Tilting House’ looks at coming of age in Cuba
Yuri is a 16-year-old orphan who lives simply with her religious aunt in a big, old house in Communist Cuba in the years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Yuri’s parents had named her after the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin, hoping that one day she would grow up to be a famous female astronaut. Yuri now has vague hopes of being accepted into the Lenin school, Cuba’s prestigious preparatory. Yuri and her Aunt Ruth’s quiet lives are suddenly tur…
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Yuri is a 16-year-old orphan who lives simply with her religious aunt in a big, old house in Communist Cuba in the years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Yuri’…
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Book Review: ’The Tilting House' is a novel about coming of age in Communist Cuba
“The Tilting House” is an affecting and sometimes amusing coming-of-age novel set in a country that few have had the opportunity to visit, despite its proximity to the U.S., says AP critic Anita Snow. Miami-based writer Ivonne Lamazares knows her…
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