Set in 1938, Esther's father has left Poland for Cuba and she wants to be the one to go to help him make enough money to send for her 4 siblings, mother and grandmother. She arrives in Cuba and begins adjusting to the culture and language. As she helps her father make money by designing and sewing dresses, she learns that there is hatred everywhere, but there is also love and acceptance.
Written in letters to her sister, this story is based on the author's family history. It is a topic of Nazi/ Jewish history that I was unaware of and I feel most people would be the same. I had no idea that Cuba was a refuge for Jews during the Holocaust. It was fascinating to me to learn of this part of history.
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