Bøger af Victor Andres Triay

It is 1961 and the effort to bring democracy to Cuba has met failure at the Bay of Pigs. Brigade 2506, after having been abandoned on the battlefield by the United States government, now languishes in a Cuban prison. Fidel Castro, meanwhile, finds himself unimpeded in his quest to bring Cuba under Communist rule. As totalitarianism sweeps across the island, hundreds of thousands of Cubans flee and seek sanctuary in the United States. In Book II, Goyo and Roberto León find themselves among the Brigade prisoners awaiting their fate at the hands of the Cuban regime. Goyo's wife, Raquel, faced with shrinking options, is compelled to send her children to the United States via an airlift of unaccompanied refugee children. In Book III, the León children face an uncertain future in a foreign land. After spending a short time in Miami, they are sent to New York City where their lives take a series of unexpected turns; their odyssey finally lands them in a most unforgettable foster care situation.Set in one of America's most iconic neighborhoods, On Freedom's Shores promises to grip readers with the breathtaking tale of an immigrant child coming of age and to transport them to a time and place that was, for some, innocent and, for others, frightening.

Havana, Cuba, 1960. The euphoria following the nation's successful Revolution the previous year has waned among large sectors of the population. Cuba's new leader, Fidel Castro, after having promised to restore democracy to the troubled island, is forcibly dragging the country down the road to Communist dictatorship. As an ominous, Stalinist cloud begins to envelop the country, democratic forces launch an anti-government insurgency with the hope of saving Cuba from the totalitarian darkness that threatens her. The Unbroken Circle series is the story of the fictional León family, whose peaceful, middle class existence is swept suddenly into a tempest of warfare, betrayal, and separation during the early years of the Cuban Revolution. Told with the heart-pounding suspense of a Cold War saga and the poignancy of a family drama, The Struggle Begins sets the stage for The Unbroken Circle series with electrifying power.From Reader Reviews: "The Struggle Begins" is a thrilling historical novel that cannot be put down . . .""The characters are so real that you can almost touch them." "The Struggle Begins" is presented to the readers in a scenario that combines the reality of Cuba in 1960 with fictional characters to make a fascinating novel.""Caught right away in the drama of a Cuban family in the midst of their struggles with Castro's revolution."

This is the story of the Bay of Pigs invasion, told in the words of the participants who came together in April 1961 to overthrow Fidel Castro's dictatorship. Combining oral history and traditional narrative form, it tells us who individual members of the brigade were and what they fought for.

Set against the sweeping backdrop of one of the most dramatic refugee crises of the twentieth century, The Mariel Boatlift presents the stories of Cuban immigrants to the United States who overcame frightening circumstances to build new lives for themselves and flourish in their adopted country.