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Reviewed by Samantha Rivera for Readers' Favorite
Cecilita is a young Cuban girl who born in the years leading up to Castro’s takeover of the country. Never truly understanding (as a child anyway) what was happening in her beloved country, she grows to the age of six in a world in turmoil. Her country is being torn apart by fighting and her home is as well. When the fighting comes to a head, however, it’s time for her family to resolve their differences and flee the country to somewhere they will be safe, The United States. But even that isn’t all that’s in store for Cecilita who will also face trouble and difficulty in her new home as well. Because being a refugee in a foreign land doesn’t always lend itself to the best conditions. Leaving Little Havana is the story of a group of refugees fleeing the communism of Fidel Castro and the negative effects of the world they step into.
There are many things that I already knew about the takeover of Fidel Castro in Cuba and about Cuban immigration into the United States. I must say, however, that this rendition was definitely an eye-opening experience for me. I never imagined what it was like for those who actually experienced the trip and the changes in the country. This story seemed to make the entire thing come to life and helped me feel I was really there experiencing everything. Leaving Little Havana by Cecilia Fernandez is an excellent, descriptive memoir of the world that the Cuban refugees left and the one they were brought into.
