Remanso

<i>Remanso</i> is the gripping true story of how Sarah Triana and her family gave up everything in the quest for freedom. It provides a revealing account of what life was like in Cuba during the first decade after Fidel Castro gained control of the country on January 1 1959. It tells how lives were negatively affected by the loss of freedom through a communist doctrine what people who disagreed with Fidel Castro's regime endured and the difficult choices they were forced to make during that time. But most importantly <i>Remanso</i> reveals every aspect of Triana's life-growing up in Cuba the death of her mother when she was just nine years old and becoming a woman living in the United States. It illustrates her life as a teenager adjusting to a new language while attending school in the Unites States. It demonstrates how her strong beliefs and convictions guided her through difficult experiences such as divorce and becoming a single mother. Inspiring and spiritually empowering this memoir communicates what being a mother is all about.