The Distant Marvels

by Chantel Acevedo

Book Overview

The acclaimed Cuban American author of Love and Ghost Letters delivers "a wonderful story about the stories we tell each other" set in 1960s Cuba (San Francisco Chronicle).

Cuba, 1963. Hurricane Flora, one of the deadliest in recorded history, is bearing down on the island. Seven women have been forcibly evacuated from their homes and herded into the former governor's mansion. There they are watched over by another woman--Ofelia,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609452526
• ISBN13: 9781609452520
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher