Book Club will be
meeting on September 17th at 12:15 in the lower level of the
library. The book we will be discussing is Waiting for Snow in
Havana by Carlos Eire. We encourage you to join us, whether you
have read the book or not.
From Booklist:
Eire's complex, introspective memoir begins the day his world
changed: when Castro's troops sent President Batista into exile
far from Cuba in 1959. The son of a judge who believed himself
to be Louis XVI reincarnated, Carlos, along with his older
brother, Tony, spent his days playing with fireworks and
lizards. He attended an elite school, where Batista's children
were his classmates. Carlos' biggest worries were the
disapproving stares he received from a portrait of Maria Theresa
of Austria and Jesus, who would sometimes appear in the window
to him. All of that changed when Castro came to power; suddenly,
attending a prestigious school or driving a classy car was
dangerous. The Eire family remained in Cuba even as others left,
until finally Eire's parents sent Carlos and Tony to Florida,
where a very different life awaited them. Years passed before
their mother joined them, but Carlos never saw his father again.
In this open, honest, and at times angry memoir, Eire bares his
soul completely and captivates the reader in the process.
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"Nothing
is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
-Auguste Rodin."
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