Learning to Die in Miami, Carlos M. N. Eire
Learning to Die in Miami, Carlos M. N. Eire
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Learning to Die in Miami
Confessions of a Refugee Boy

Author: Carlos M. N. Eire

Narrator: Robert Fass

Unabridged: 11 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/04/2010

Synopsis

Carlos Eire's story of a boyhood uprooted by the Cuban Revolution quickly lures us in, as eleven-year-old Carlos and his older brother Tony touch down in the sun-dappled Miami of 1962—a place of daunting abundance where his old Cuban self must die to make way for a new, American self waiting to be born.

In this enchanting new work, narrated in Eire's inimitable and lyrical voice, young Carlos adjusts to life in his new country. He lives for a time in a Dickensian foster home, struggles to learn English, attends American schools, and confronts the age-old immigrant's plight: surrounded by the bounty of this rich land yet unable to partake. Carlos must learn to balance the divide between his past and present lives and find his way in this strange new world of gas stations, vending machines, and sprinkler systems.

Every bit as poignant, bittersweet, and humorous as his first memoir, Learning to Die in Miami is a moving personal saga, an elegy for a lost childhood and a vanished country, and a celebration of the spirit of renewal that America represents.

About Carlos M. N. Eire

Carlos M. N. Eire is the T. L. Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University. He is the author of Waiting for Snow in Havana, winner of the National Book Award, and of War Against the Idols; A Very Brief History of Eternity; and Reformations. He lives in Guilford, Connecticut.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Magna on November 11, 2016

A book that brings us into the life of a child immigrant brought to America in 1961 for a better life and to await for his parents to leave Cuba. Carlos Eire the author, recounts how after Castro took over Cuba things began to change for the worse everyone. The United States brought 1400 Cuban child......more

Goodreads review by Ann on June 14, 2011

A continuation of Carlos Wire's story started in "Waiting for Snow in Havana" about his leaving Cuba as one of the 14,000 Pedro Pan children airlifted to the USA. Although this was fairly engaging and I do feel great sympathy/empathy for what he endured as a child separated from his parents, in a lan......more

Goodreads review by Carol Bakker on July 10, 2020

In his first memoir, Waiting for Snow in Havana, Carlos Eire introduced me to Operation Peter Pan. It takes the breath out of you. Parents in Cuba in 1960-1962, concerned about Fidel Castro and the loss of parental rights, sent their unaccompanied minors to Florida. To freedom. FOURTEEN THOUSAND chi......more

Goodreads review by Desi on October 22, 2021

What a beautiful — and strange at times — memoir. It ended up being so much more tender and meaningful than I expected it to be in the first few chapters. Eire has an interesting style, a certain staccato to his sentences. His story is …. A lot. His grief and his ability to find joy in life is also a......more

Goodreads review by Lila on September 04, 2012

I have read Waiting for Snow in Havana,so was familiar with Eire's work. This memoir is incredible. I had no idea that over 14,000 children were airlifted out of Cuba in the early 1960's, some as young as 3. Parents were desperate to get their children to a safe haven, hoping to be able to follow th......more

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