Wendy Guerra
Nieve Guerra finds herself caught between the tides of her parentsâ€™ rocky relationship and a country in the midst of a revolution. Recording her daily thoughts and accounts of living with her abusive father, an alcoholic theater actor, Nieve uses her diary to express herself. From being sent away from her mother, her motherâ€™s free-spirited and loving boyfriend, and her childhood city of Cienfuegos to being forced to call herself a Cuban â€œrevolutionary Pioneer,â€ Nieve records in honest detail a life in which she loses those she loves the mostâ€”and can do nothing about it.,Through her diary entries, Nieve reveals the intimate details of a turbulent family life while painting an authentic portrait of the social and political unrest in Cuba under the rule of Castro.
Fiction,Literary Fiction,European Literature,Spanish Literature,Young Adult,Coming Of Age,Cultural,Latin American,Love
Everyone Leaves