In Cuba I Was A German Shepherd

Set between Miami and Havana, this book is a hypnotic evocation of a homeland lost and the fruits of exile. Unfolding like an album of snapshots, it introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters - jealous husbands and wives, disillusioned children and old dreamers - all with tales to tell of living in a country not their own.

With rare storytelling power, Ana Menendez summons the island of Cuba, with its lush vegetation and passionate music; the shattered hopes of the revolution; the ties that bind family; and the ache of nostalgia and regret. Seldom has a writer captured so palpably the sting of lives caught in the cross-winds of history.