My Escape from Cuba

Cuban-born Ozzie Sabina often asks himself What would life have been like if Fidel Castro had opened a law practice in Cuba instead of starting a revolution? There's no doubt Castro's reign in Cuba changed a lot of lives including that of author Ozzie Sabina. He escaped the country with his thirteen-year-old brother William in 1962 with the help of the United States and Operation Pedro Pan-a concerted effort that relocated more than 14000 Cuban children.<p> <i>My Escape from Cuba</i> is Sabina's story of growing up in Cuba and his subsequent move to the United States when he was only sixteen years old. This memoir encompasses much of Sabina's life: from growing up in a small town in Cuba to his school days and his love of his close-knit family to his first airplane trip to the United States mastering the English language and living with a new family in St. Petersburg Florida.<p> A compelling story that gives firsthand insight into what life was like in Cuba in the late 1950s and early 1960s; My Escape from Cuba shows the determination and courage of a young man making the most of his new life.