Child of the Revolution Growing up in Castro's Cuba

by Garcia, Luis M.

• ISBN13: 9781741148527
• ISBN10: 1741148529
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-01
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Summary

What was it really like to grow up in Castro's people's paradise? With an evocative wide-eyed innocence, Luis M. Garcia takes us back to his childhood in this evocative memoir of growing up in 1960s Cuba.

Author Biography

Luis M. Garcia has written for major publications as a business, finance, and political journalist. He has also served as a political advisor. He is currently a partner at a major corporate communications firm. He grew up in Cuba.

Table of Contents

Don't Look Back...	p. 1
In a Time of Revolution	p. 6
Viva Cuba Socialista!	p. 19
Missiles in Paradise	p. 27
Good Little Communists	p. 38
A Carnival and a Funeral	p. 47
La Curandera	p. 55
All in the Family	p. 60
Rationing Tales	p. 75
Kings of Havana	p. 82
Opium of the Masses	p. 90
Che Lives!	p. 103
Giant Pineapples and Other Socialist Miracles	p. 109
In Every Barrio, Revolution	p. 118
Those Bulgarian Girls	p. 129
The Great Revolutionary Offensive	p. 134
A Miliciano at the Door	p. 150
With Fidel in the Sugarcane Fields	p. 158
No more Christmas for you!	p. 173
We Want to be Like Che!	p. 186
The Magical Telegram	p. 199
Havana, Mi Amor	p. 207
Adios, Cuba	p. 220
In a Plane of Plenty	p. 229
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