About the Book

Ten years ago, Juanita Castro set down to write her memoirs, and thanks to the fortunate coincidence that I was both her friend and a journalist, we began working on them together. When we finished in 1999, Juanita decided not to publish them, and for the past ten years we kept this bookthe first one I had written a secret. Surprisingly, Juanita chose this year, 2009, to bear her soul in an extraordinary journey through the triumphs and tragedies of her life and, consequently, the events that have shaped the lives of millions of people during the past fifty years. This is the first-hand testimony of a person who, from the moment of her birth, was connected by the deepest bond to two of the most notable political figures of contemporary Latin American history: Fidel and Raul Castro, her brothers. It is, therefore, the most intimate and accurate analysis any person can do of their own kin: mother, father, grandparents, and brothers, the famous and those that chose to stay out of the

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 429 pages

Language: Spanish

Publisher: Aguilar (Oct. 31st, 2009)

ISBN-10: 160396701X

ISBN-13: 9781603967013

Dimensions: 6.00 x 8.90 x 1.10 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.20 lbs

• Categories: Personal Memoirs Cuban History