Review: Next Year in Havana

Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

4 out of 5 stars - If you ask me, I'll tell you to read it.

The story is told in alternating perspectives, 1950s Cuba and modern day Cuba, through the eyes on a woman and her granddaughter. Elisa was a member of the elite in 1950s Cuba, her father - a sugar baron - was friends with Batista. Marisol, Elisa's granddaughter, is visiting Cuba to write a travel article about tourism in Cuba as relations with America were easing. She is also there with a secondary mission - to find the perfect place to spread her grandmother's ashes.

As the chapters alternate, you get the story of Elisa and the revolutionary she fell in love with. Marisol knew nothing of this man, and she learns about him through letters left on the island with her friend Anna.

I learned a lot about Cuban history that I wasn't aware of. It was very interesting to hear about how Fidel Castro came into power and how the people of the time were living prior too the revolution.

I listened to the audio book version, and the alternating narrators were very easy to listen to.

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