Dirty Blonde and Half-Cuban

<p>Based on the wildly popular semi-autobiographical Havana Honey series published by Salon.com <em>Dirty Blonde and Half-Cuban</em> is a gritty portrait of one woman's determination to infiltrate modern Cuba and find the father she has never known.</p><p>While on her search privileged American Alysia Briggs ends up broke and alone in Havana. She's then forced to adopt the life of the jineteras -- educated Cuban women who supplement a desperate income by accommodating sex tourists.</p><p>With an eye for detail and a razor wit Lisa Wixon relates Alysia's journey and creates a love song to Cuba a heartfelt tribute to a resilient people facing soul-numbing poverty in a land where M.D.s and Ph.D.s earn $18 a month and a pair of jeans costs twice as much.</p>