Waiting on Zapote Street: Love and Loss in Castro's Cuba

Inspirational story, based on true events, about a Cuban mother's struggle to set her family free. It is a story of love, family, courage, and resiliency that takes place in the early years of Castro's revolution. The author has received many letters, calls, and personal notes from readers about the impact this book has made on their lives. The most frequent comment from readers is "once I started to read, I could not stop." Its protagonists, Rio and Laura, meet in Havana in 1961, and what started as a friendship, eventually turns into love, marriage, and a family. The couple could have never anticipated the many turns their lives would take or the tests their love for each other would have to endure.