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“I Was Never The First Lady stitches together threads of island and identity until they became one and the same…Guerra’s own unpredictable book is haunting, complicated, [and] linguistically beautiful.” — New York Times “…A revelatory tale of the Cuban Revolution’s impact on a family. […] Guerra holds the reader’s attention by evoking Cuba’s political tempest in Havana’s humid, salty air. It adds up to an effectively moody, intimate story.” — Publishers Weekly "A multilayered novel...Nadia's, her mother's, and Celia's stories provide fascinating insights into the female dimension of an infamously macho revolution." — Booklist "This is Wendy Guerra at her best. I Was Never The First Lady is a beautiful, disturbing, intimately-told novel about the existential orphanhood of women in a Cuba where Fidel’s Castro’s revolution has upended notions of family, individual identity and national belonging. Unforgettable." — Jon Lee Anderson, author of CHE GUEVARA: A REVOLUTIONARY LIFE "Guerra’s novel is a grand if bittersweet valentine to Cuba." — Kirkus Reviews "[Guerra is] a staggering talent." — Oprah.com

I Was Never the First Lady

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    A Paperback / softback by Wendy Guerra, Alicia "Achy" Obejas

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      Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
      Published 29 September 2022
      ISBN-13 9780062990754
      978-0062990754
      ISBN-10 0062990756

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      “I Was Never The First Lady stitches together threads of island and identity until they became one and the same…Guerra’s own unpredictable book is haunting, complicated, [and] linguistically beautiful.” — New York Times “…A revelatory tale of the Cuban Revolution’s impact on a family. […] Guerra holds the reader’s attention by evoking Cuba’s political tempest in Havana’s humid, salty air. It adds up to an effectively moody, intimate story.” — Publishers Weekly "A multilayered novel...Nadia's, her mother's, and Celia's stories provide fascinating insights into the female dimension of an infamously macho revolution." — Booklist "This is Wendy Guerra at her best. I Was Never The First Lady is a beautiful, disturbing, intimately-told novel about the existential orphanhood of women in a Cuba where Fidel’s Castro’s revolution has upended notions of family, individual identity and national belonging. Unforgettable." — Jon Lee Anderson, author of CHE GUEVARA: A REVOLUTIONARY LIFE "Guerra’s novel is a grand if bittersweet valentine to Cuba." — Kirkus Reviews "[Guerra is] a staggering talent." — Oprah.com

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