A moving novel chronicles the lives of three generations of Cuban-American women in Miami--Cuca, a believer in spirits; her daughter, Adela, an amorous cosmetologist; and Adela's daughter, Maribel, a dispassionate marketing analyst

Instantly mesmerized by the dancing techniques of two renowned mambo leaders at a shabby Bronx dance studio, Catalina Ortiz Midori immerses herself in their world and discovers a passionate link to her own heritage, in a tale that brings readers from New York to Miami and Cuba. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.

An elderly woman looks back on the world of revolutionary Cuba as she recalls her intimate, secret love affair with revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, in the story of a young Cuban woman who finds her search for details about her birth mother in a mysterious parcel containing writings and photographs. By the author of In Cuba I Was a German Shepard. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Narrated from the perspective of an indominable elderly woman who escapes her nursing home and walks into the sea in April 2000, the story of four generations of a Cuban family moves from 1930s Cuba, through the Cuban revolution and a dangerous escape to the United States, to present-day Miami and New York. Original. 30,000 first printing.

“RICH AND SONOROUS PROSE . . . There’s plenty of reason to hope for the future of a fiction that welcomes writers with such a passionate sense of the past.”–San Jose Mercury NewsOn New Year’s Day, 1959, Alejandra San José was born in Havana, entering the world through the heart of revolution. Fearing the turmoil brewing in Cuba, her parents took Ale and fled to the shores of North America–ending up in Chicago amid a close community of Cuban refugees. As an adult, Ale becomes an interpreter, which takes her back to her homeland for the first time. There, she makes her way back through San José history, uncovering new fragments of truth about the relatives who struggled with their own identities so long ago. For the San Josés, ostensibly Catholics, are actually Jews. They are conversos who converted to Christianity during the Spanish Inquisition. As Alejandra struggles to confront what it is to be Cuban and American, Catholic and Jewish, she translates her father’s troubling youthful experiences into the healing language of her own heart.“Lyrically written, Days of Awe reflects the way Cuban Spanish is spoken with poetic rhythm and frankness.”–Ms.“An ambitious work . . . A deft talent whose approach to sex, religion, and ethnicity is keenly provocative.” –Miami Herald“With intelligent, intense writing, Obejas approaches . . . the heady climes of Cuban American stalwarts Oscar Hijuelos and Cristina Garcia.”–Library Journal (starred review)

A formerly prosperous Cuban emigrT, Lydia Espana, works as a cleaning lady on the Upper West Side of Manhattan to help support her husband and two children, in an evocative novel that captures one woman's struggle, triumph, and frustrations with the American dream. Reprint.

A collection of short stories that deals with how gay and lesbian relationships ought to work, exploring the themes of broken relationships, safe sex, drug addiction, and AIDS

A twenty-four-year-old Cuban lesbian seeks a place for herself in her adopted American home while learning to cope with her dysfunctional family and overwhelming memories of her life in Cuba

A twenty-four-year-old Cuban lesbian seeks a place for herself in her adopted American home while learning to cope with her dysfunctional family and overwhelming memories of her life in Cuba

The family of Zacarias Torres has to come to terms with turbulent emotions they had previously chose to ignore when he dies of a massive heart attack