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The Girl from White Creek
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781089211051
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 15 2019
Pages: 238
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.54 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
From the award-winning author of Waiting on Zapote Street, winner of the Latino Books Into Movies award.
In the heart of Cuba, love dares to bloom on the eve of revolution.
It is 1955 in Arroyo Blanco, a small town in Camagüey where tradition runs deep and change is still only a distant whisper. Nineteen-year-old Willy spends his days working the land beside his eight brothers on the family ranch. His life is shaped by hard work, loyalty, and the quiet pride of earning everything with his hands.
Madeline's world is entirely different.
Nearly fifteen and strikingly beautiful, she is the eldest daughter of a powerful sugar executive employed by an American company that owns vast plantations across the island. Raised among privilege and expectation, her future seems carefully mapped out-until she meets Willy.
What begins between them is immediate and undeniable. A love that defies class, status, and family opposition. Determined to end the relationship, her parents send Madeline away to her grandparents' farm, certain that distance will extinguish the romance. Instead, it only strengthens their resolve. When her father finally relents, he does so with one condition: Willy must wait until she comes of age.
As their love endures, Cuba begins to tremble. Rebel forces spread through the countryside, and violence grips the heartland. In the midst of growing unrest, Willy and Madeline choose to marry-crossing a burning bridge toward an uncertain future.
But when the Revolution triumphs and Fidel Castro rises to power, the victory reshapes not only the nation, but their lives. Families fracture. Fortunes vanish. Loyalties are tested.
Set against the sweeping backdrop of the Cuban Revolution, this unforgettable novel is a story of love, sacrifice, and survival in a country forever changed.
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