The whims of politics are at the fore of Guillermo Vincente Vidal s memoir, in which young boys become men in the shadow of revolution and personal turmoil. Vidal writes about his family's participation in events that forever altered U.S. Cuban relations after an effort to free children from the threat of Communist rule sparked Operation Peter Pan. From chance encounters with Fidel Castro and Robert F. Kennedy to life in a dismal Catholic orphanage in Colorado, Vidal perseveres to embrace life as a proud and successful Cuban American. His account is a poignant story of forgiveness and the joy of returning home.
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Vidal writes a wonderful firsthand story about family, not politics, pulling no punches about the mistakes, bitterness and harsh shortcomings of his own...a remarkable story. --The Rocky Mountain News
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Guillermo Vincente Vidal is the Deputy Mayor and Manager of Public Works for the City and County of Denver.
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A vividly braided memoir,
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Guillermo Vidal's richly detailed writing makes the heart ache as he recounts his family's immigration from Cuba to the United States. An intimate family portrait emerges from the struggle and conflicts this family endures and ultimately overcomes. A worthwhile and inspiring read.
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Wonderful insight into the life and struggles of a refugee child, his relationship to the parents who had to send him on alone to a new land, and his thoughts on both Cuba and the US. Very personal and open.
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This review is from: Boxing For Cuba: An Immigrant's Story of Despair, Endurance, & Redemption (Paperback)
Great Book - very readable. Since Mr. Vidal is our interim Mayor and attended the same high school, albeit 10 years later, I could really relate to his description of our local area and life in general in Denver. It was an eye opening story about national events that were occurring during my youth and the immense impact on Cuba immigrants - something of which I was totally unaware. I congratulate him for his courage to record some very painful memories.
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