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Cuban Quartermoon

Ann Putnam

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Description:Why did Laura (Annie Laurie) Gallagher lose both her parents the summer she turned twelve? Answers can’t be found by running away, but she’s doing just that. She’s been living a half-life for so long—the death of her mother, her baby girl, her marriage. Now she’s run off again—this time to Cuba. But Cuba seduces her, betrays her, takes her apart, and transforms her.Her rite of passage begins with a violent illness and the appearance of a woman named Maria. It deepens in Old Havana, where a man slams her against a wall and whispers, “Mind your own business.” What business? Laura is so beguiled by Maria and the Cuba she embodies, she can’t help but be pulled into her dark-tangled drama.Thus begins Laura’s journey across a ravishing and perilous terrain—both dreamscape and landscape—from tourist Havana with its mojitos and Havana Club, to an alley in Central Havana, with its mysterious Santeria drumbeat, and finally to the caves of Pinar del Rio, where she discovers her own family’s heart of darkness and the answers she seeks.Praise for Cuban Quartermoon, forthcoming Spring, 2022“The protagonist of this evocative and gripping novel, a Hemingway scholar, has joined with a special group of scholars who will explore, for one intensive week, the complex and seductive terrain of Hemingway's Cuban landscape. Her journey into this heart of darkness increasingly ignites her own confrontation with a troubled past even as it illuminates the subtle but no less terrifying realities of Cuba amidst its own crisis of identity. The lush imagery and cutting edge prose of this narrative masterpiece makes for a compelling and transformative read.”Linda Patterson Miller, Ph.DDistinguished Professor of English, Penn State UniversityAuthor of Letters from the Lost GenerationHead of the Editorial Board for the Hemingway Letters Project“Hemingway called Cuba “that long, beautiful, unhappy island.” In her rich and evocative novel, Ann Putnam renders the beauty, lure, strangeness, and intrigue of the island in sensuous detail through the eyes of a North American woman on a personal journey toward restoration and redemption.”Sandra Spanier, Ph.DEdwin Erle Sparks Professor of English, Penn State University“Narrated with haunting poetic language, Cuban Quartermoon transports its readers to the luscious landscapes, ethereal light, and the complicated politics of Cuba in the 90’s. The story of an American woman with a tragic past, traveling to Havana for the first time, is delicately rendered and imbued with subtle Santeria spirituality as a healing of the soul. In this magical novel, Ann Putnam masterly takes us to a world of contradictions, loss and longing, where the main character confronts the haunting ghosts of her past to finally find absolution, renewal and hope. A must read.”Dr. Loly Alcaide RamirezSpanish Language and CulturesSchool of Interdisciplinary Arts and SciencesUniversity of Washington, TacomaWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cuban Quartermoon. To get started finding Cuban Quartermoon, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Why did Laura (Annie Laurie) Gallagher lose both her parents the summer she turned twelve? Answers can’t be found by running away, but she’s doing just that. She’s been living a half-life for so long—the death of her mother, her baby girl, her marriage. Now she’s run off again—this time to Cuba. But Cuba seduces her, betrays her, takes her apart, and transforms her.Her rite of passage begins with a violent illness and the appearance of a woman named Maria. It deepens in Old Havana, where a man slams her against a wall and whispers, “Mind your own business.” What business? Laura is so beguiled by Maria and the Cuba she embodies, she can’t help but be pulled into her dark-tangled drama.Thus begins Laura’s journey across a ravishing and perilous terrain—both dreamscape and landscape—from tourist Havana with its mojitos and Havana Club, to an alley in Central Havana, with its mysterious Santeria drumbeat, and finally to the caves of Pinar del Rio, where she discovers her own family’s heart of darkness and the answers she seeks.Praise for Cuban Quartermoon, forthcoming Spring, 2022“The protagonist of this evocative and gripping novel, a Hemingway scholar, has joined with a special group of scholars who will explore, for one intensive week, the complex and seductive terrain of Hemingway's Cuban landscape. Her journey into this heart of darkness increasingly ignites her own confrontation with a troubled past even as it illuminates the subtle but no less terrifying realities of Cuba amidst its own crisis of identity. The lush imagery and cutting edge prose of this narrative masterpiece makes for a compelling and transformative read.”Linda Patterson Miller, Ph.DDistinguished Professor of English, Penn State UniversityAuthor of Letters from the Lost GenerationHead of the Editorial Board for the Hemingway Letters Project“Hemingway called Cuba “that long, beautiful, unhappy island.” In her rich and evocative novel, Ann Putnam renders the beauty, lure, strangeness, and intrigue of the island in sensuous detail through the eyes of a North American woman on a personal journey toward restoration and redemption.”Sandra Spanier, Ph.DEdwin Erle Sparks Professor of English, Penn State University“Narrated with haunting poetic language, Cuban Quartermoon transports its readers to the luscious landscapes, ethereal light, and the complicated politics of Cuba in the 90’s. The story of an American woman with a tragic past, traveling to Havana for the first time, is delicately rendered and imbued with subtle Santeria spirituality as a healing of the soul. In this magical novel, Ann Putnam masterly takes us to a world of contradictions, loss and longing, where the main character confronts the haunting ghosts of her past to finally find absolution, renewal and hope. A must read.”Dr. Loly Alcaide RamirezSpanish Language and CulturesSchool of Interdisciplinary Arts and SciencesUniversity of Washington, TacomaWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cuban Quartermoon. To get started finding Cuban Quartermoon, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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