A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

Name: A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 2.89 (9 reviews)
Author: Laura Taylor Namey
ISBN: 9781797123912

Author: Laura Taylor Namey

Series: Cuban Girl’s Guide

Narrator: Frankie Corzo

Unabridged: 8 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 11/10/2020

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes, Romance, Clean & Wholesome

Synopsis

SELECTED AS A YALSA 2022 AMAZING AUDIO FOR YOUNG ADULTS!

A New York Times bestseller
A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club YA Pick

Love & Gelato meets Don’t Date Rosa Santos in this charming, heartfelt story following a Miami girl who unexpectedly finds love—and herself—in a small English town.

For Lila Reyes, a summer in England was never part of the plan. The plan was 1) take over her abuela’s role as head baker at their panadería, 2) move in with her best friend after graduation, and 3) live happily ever after with her boyfriend. But then the Trifecta happened, and everything—including Lila herself—fell apart.

Worried about Lila’s mental health, her parents make a new plan for her: Spend three months with family friends in Winchester, England, to relax and reset. But with the lack of sun, a grumpy inn cook, and a small town lacking Miami flavor (both in food and otherwise), what would be a dream trip for some feels more like a nightmare to Lila…until she meets Orion Maxwell.

A teashop clerk with troubles of his own, Orion is determined to help Lila out of her funk, and appoints himself as her personal tour guide. From Winchester’s drama-filled music scene to the sweeping English countryside, it isn’t long before Lila is not only charmed by Orion, but England itself. Soon a new future is beginning to form in Lila’s mind—one that would mean leaving everything she ever planned behind.

About Laura Taylor Namey

Laura Taylor Namey is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of young adult fiction including Reese’s Book Club pick A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, A British Girl’s Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak, When We Were Them, and With Love, Echo Park. A proud Cuban American, she can be found hunting for vintage treasures and wishing she was in London or Paris. She lives in San Diego with her husband and two children. Visit her at LauraTaylorNamey.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Oyinda on August 21, 2021

EDIT: EYE am tired of y'all in the comments telling me she mentioned Ghana. She mentioned Ghana one time or two times compared to the eleven or so times she mentioned Africa. I'm glad y'all love the book. Good for you. Stop dismissing my valid concerns thank you. If I had to rate the story alone, I'......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on January 17, 2021

3.5 stars. This was a bit of a weird reading expereince for me if I'm being honest. I thought this was very well written and I especially appreciated the way that the author depicted grief and depression, and I also thought that the romance at the center of this felt well flushed out and that the ch......more

Goodreads review by Danielle on July 02, 2021

A cute/quick read about a girl who is sent to live overseas for the summer. 🙂 She loves to bake and misses her grandma who taught her how. This was definitely predictable, but also a fun/easy read for summer. 😉❤️📚......more

Goodreads review by Laura on October 09, 2019

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Goodreads review by Ashley on February 19, 2021

4.5 stars! I absolutely loved this story! I love Lila’s passion for baking and how she finds ways to incorporate her Cuban roots into everything she does in the kitchen. She’s proud of her heritage and family, and I love how it was incorporated into the story. Orion was a cutie patootie and now I wa......more

Quotes

"Frankie Corzo smoothly navigates accent subtleties in her narration of this sweet story about life pivots. When devastating events leave Lila reeling after high school graduation, her parents have her stay with family in England for the summer. Lila is comforted when she infuses Miami flavors from home into her cousin's kitchen. She embraces friendships with Orion, a neighboring tea shop clerk, and his friends. But what happens to these connections once it's time for Lila to go home? . . . A formal British accent enhances Orion's charm and showcases cultural differences. Corzo's voice fades out while delivering unfinished sentences as Lila and Orion determine their relationship status, emphasizing the difficulty of the situation."