Cuba

Another Side of the Story is a memoir of how life changed for many children growing up in a country slowly dying under constant political conflict. The story is told in three Part I “Before Castro” Part II “Life under Castro” Part III “Life in Exile.” This book creates a vivid sense of time and place through childhood memories of pre- and post-Castro Cuba from 1945 to 1967. The forty two stories told through the voice of a child highlight moments of injustice in the eyes of a young girl who does not understand why the world around her is so strange. Her nanny a poor black woman shaped her soul and showed her the other side of the story the story of the poor who are voiceless in a world where only those who can afford to pay for elite private schools can get ahead in life. This nanny becomes the spiritual guide who enables a very sensitive young child to navigate in a confusing world.