Ana Menéndez
Ana Menéndez is a Journalist-turned-fiction writer and the author of the debut collection of stories, In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd (2001). Sweet, bitter, magical and true-to-life the collection chronicles the struggles of Cuban-Americans to make a living, maintain dignity, preserve identity, cope with new surroundings, and find humor in modern Miami.
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American Ending (2023)
Mary Kay Zuravleff
"I fell in love with Yelena - from the very start she reminded me of My Antonia! So many stories of immigration focus on the men, but it's the women who kept the family together, had the courage to leave their villages, who stuck it out in a strange land. In American Ending, Mary Kay Zuravleff has created an unforgettable heroine, one with the courage to write her own story and the creativity and heart to not just pull herself out of her circumstances, but to bring others with her. That is one of the great achievements of this novel: Not just the individual grit of the immigrant, but the communal spirit that lifts all the newcomers, the thousands strands that bind us all together, the activists who make sure that fairness prevails, the unions. It is such a deeply felt, humane and timeless treatment of a timeless story. And it gives so much to reflect upon in our current moment."
Here in Berlin (2017)
Cristina García
"Here in Berlin is a haunting portrait of place told through the shifting, kaleidoscopic stories of its people. History’s long and mournful shadow follows us into contemporary lives full of secrets, regrets, and proud enduring. By the end, we are all sifting through the rubble of the twentieth century to find shards of our own buried past."
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