Next Year in Havana: Reese's Book Club (A Novel)
The July pick for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Book Club. After the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identity--and unearths a family secret hidden since the revolution. Arriving in Havana, Marisol comes face-to-face with the contrast of Cuba's tropical, timeless beauty and its perilous political climate. When more family history comes to light and Marisol finds herself attracted to a man with secrets of his own, she'll need the lessons of her grandmother's past to help her understand the true meaning of courage.
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A beautiful, moving story. Told from the grandmother's pov as an indulged elite whose family is coming to terms with the revolution happening in their country. The second point of view is the granddaughter returning to Cuba to scatter her grandmother's ashes. A story to get lost in, but also made me think about the ordinary people who are affected by upheavals in their country.
Such an easy yet thought-provoking read. The parallel emotions and points of view of the heroines drew me deeply into their trials and the difficulty of the decisions they made.
Content warning for state-sponsored violence, death, abuse, torture, kidnapping, and related topics. I wanted to like this novel more than I did. I heard a good review from a friend, but it didn't have the depth that I was looking for. I liked what the author started to do with the setting, but I wanted more. The historical timeline felt much stronger to me, even with the instalove trope that I usually don't like. I think it's also because it felt like the modern timeline kept repeating the same points of Cuba's conflicted history. The novel tried to critique the 'privilege girl goes out into the scary world' but it just ended up using that without any real commentary.
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