![]() The older generations have really worked hard to pass as much on so we can keep it alive for them, and working on this book has definitely given me a renewed desire to do that and to pass it on to my children. At the same time, there's also a tremendous sense of pride in Cuban families where they don't want distance to exist. I've heard the stories and I've certainly seen my family's pain and their anger about the current situation, but It's a little bit removed for me just because I haven't lived through it. With me being born in the U.S., there's a little bit of a distance. ![]() They had their property seized, and it's a very personal connection for them. My father and my grandparents lived through these things. I felt a closeness to her character, and a lot of the self-exploration that she goes through was somewhat the self-exploration I went through when I was working on the book. I definitely think a lot of my feelings about my Cuban identity are mirrored by some of the feelings Marisol expresses in Next Year in Havana. Chanel Cleeton is an American New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction novels Next Year in Havana (2018), When We Left Cuba. ![]()
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