Cuban ex-patriot lives the American Dream
Shirley Roe
November 21, 2005
Genre: Memoirs
Title: Adios Havana
AUTHOR: Andrew J. Rodriguez
Andrew Rodriguez is a passionate man; passionate about the country of his birth, passionate about his life and passionate about his woman. When Fidel Castro turns the author’s Cuban paradise into a living hell, Andrew is faced with a decision that will affect not only his life, but the life of the woman he loves and their future together. Must he turn his back on his past to embrace an unknown future? Can they sacrifice their wealth and position and start over with nothing in a strange land?
Adios Havana is a true account of one family’s struggle to leave the country that it loves and make a new life in America. It is a tale of love, endurance and determination that will pull at the reader’s heartstrings. Each chapter will bring tears, laughter and joy as the story enfolds. The author has a unique talent for making the reader a part of the story as the characters become friends and their fate is anxiously awaited page after page. This book is a success story with a happy ending to be enjoyed and shared with family and friends. Immigrants and refugees from all over the globe will identify with the trials and tribulations encountered when seeking a new life in a new land.
It is the author’s intent to remind readers of the fragility of freedom and to encourage them to take nothing for granted. A book that should be read by everyone, it emphasizes the importance of freedom and offers counsel in preventing such a situation in this the “Land of the Free.” He makes his point well in an entertaining format.
Author Andrew J. Rodriguez retired as CEO of a spice and seasonings business in Colorado. He and his wife Margarita enjoy spending their time in Florida and Colorado. Adios Havana follows his first historical fiction, The Teleportation of an American Teenager.
Highly recommended. Reviewer: Shirley Roe, Allbooks Reviews.
Books may be purchased directly from the publisher and available on: www.amazon.com
Title: Adios Havana
Author: Andrew J. Rodriguez
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1-59800-048-9
Pages: 262
Price: $14.95Oct. 2005
Title: Adios Havana
AUTHOR: Andrew J. Rodriguez
Andrew Rodriguez is a passionate man; passionate about the country of his birth, passionate about his life and passionate about his woman. When Fidel Castro turns the author’s Cuban paradise into a living hell, Andrew is faced with a decision that will affect not only his life, but the life of the woman he loves and their future together. Must he turn his back on his past to embrace an unknown future? Can they sacrifice their wealth and position and start over with nothing in a strange land?
Adios Havana is a true account of one family’s struggle to leave the country that it loves and make a new life in America. It is a tale of love, endurance and determination that will pull at the reader’s heartstrings. Each chapter will bring tears, laughter and joy as the story enfolds. The author has a unique talent for making the reader a part of the story as the characters become friends and their fate is anxiously awaited page after page. This book is a success story with a happy ending to be enjoyed and shared with family and friends. Immigrants and refugees from all over the globe will identify with the trials and tribulations encountered when seeking a new life in a new land.
It is the author’s intent to remind readers of the fragility of freedom and to encourage them to take nothing for granted. A book that should be read by everyone, it emphasizes the importance of freedom and offers counsel in preventing such a situation in this the “Land of the Free.” He makes his point well in an entertaining format.
Author Andrew J. Rodriguez retired as CEO of a spice and seasonings business in Colorado. He and his wife Margarita enjoy spending their time in Florida and Colorado. Adios Havana follows his first historical fiction, The Teleportation of an American Teenager.
Highly recommended. Reviewer: Shirley Roe, Allbooks Reviews.
Books may be purchased directly from the publisher and available on: www.amazon.com
Title: Adios Havana
Author: Andrew J. Rodriguez
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1-59800-048-9
Pages: 262
Price: $14.95Oct. 2005
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