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Book Review of When We Left Cuba

When We Left Cuba
When We Left Cuba
Author: Chanel Cleeton
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Set amid the tumultuous 1960's with the overthrow of Batista and rise of Castro in Cube, the Bay of Pigs invasion, the missile crisis and the assassination of John Kennedy. Beatriz Perez and her once powerful sugar empire family are exiled to Florida when Castro overthrows Batista's government. But her heart will always be in Cuba, especially after the murder of her brother.