Book description
He leaves his birthplace during a nuclear missile crisis. As a refugee in a foreign land he struggles to adjust to a new set of life circumstances. The author recollects his childhood in his Cuban barrio from the eyes of a child, and then decades later, from the vantage of…
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1 author picked The Mango Chronicle as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
It is so well-written and engaging! Dr. Gonzalez is a natural-born storyteller who has a lot of great material to work with from his childhood in Cuba to his agonizing move to New Jersey as an adolescent. A wonderful memoir!
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