{"product_id":"property-of-the-revolution-from-a-cuban-barrio-to-a-new-hampshire-mill-town-a-memoir","title":"Property of the Revolution: From a Cuban Barrio to a New Hampshire Mill Town--A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\". . . filled with wisdom, history, joy . . . I wanted to sit with the \u003ci\u003eviejos \u003c\/i\u003eand all the love and chaos in their multi-generational home and hold on to Abuela and her stories forever.\"--Marjan Kamali, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lion Women of Tehran \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Stationery Shop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn this sweeping, historical, yet intimate memoir, the author details her family's transformation from pro-Castro revolutionaries in a scrappy Havana barrio to refugees in a New Hampshire mill town--a timeless and timely tale of loss and reinvention.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAna Hebra Flaster was six years old when her working-class family was kicked out of their Havana barrio for opposing communism. Once devoted revolutionaries themselves but disillusioned by the Castro government's repressive tactics, they fled to the US. The permanent losses they suffered--of home, country, and loved ones, all within forty-eight hours--haunted her multigenerational family as they reclaimed their lives and freedom in 1967 New Hampshire. There, they fed each other stories of their scrappy barrio--some of which Hebra Flaster has shared on \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered--\u003c\/i\u003eto resurrect their lost world and fortify themselves for a daunting task: building a new life in a foreign land. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Weaving pivotal events in Cuba-US history with her \u003ci\u003eviejos'\u003c\/i\u003e--elders'--stories of surviving political upheaval, impossible choices, and \"refugeedom,\" \u003ci\u003eProperty of the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the indomitable spirit and wisdom of the women warriors who led the family out of Cuba, shaped its rebirth as Cuban Americans, and helped Ana grow up hopeful, future-facing--American. But what happens when deeply buried childhood memories resurface, demanding an adult's reckoning? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here's how the fiercest love, the most stubborn will, and the power of family put nine new Americans back on their feet.","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947931205863,"sku":"9781647428266","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_a19aa51c-1244-439d-8773-a7c5c9721253.jpg?v=1775503831","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/property-of-the-revolution-from-a-cuban-barrio-to-a-new-hampshire-mill-town-a-memoir","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}