BOUQUET OF MEMORIES FOR AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER

In this memoir, childhood recollections become the springboard for depicting the challenges of a Latina, an immigrant, and a bicultural mother in the United States. The vignettes of life under communist rule in her native Cuba help readers glean a harsh contrast with the civil liberties Americans enjoy.

Infused with humor and candid introspection, the writing tackles the pitfalls, the contradiction...