Review Comments
"This is an author that has done her homework,
interweaving Cuban's history and culture within this eclectic work of
fiction. The author creates some inimitable characters with distinctive
voice."
"As the descriptions of towns,
bays, and countryside come to life in Guava
and Cheese, the reader yearns to visit the island. The feeling is much
the same as in Dreaming in Cuban by
Christina García. However, as
the story unfolds the places and characters are transformed, leaving the
reader content with the journey, not needing to return."
"The key character in Harper
Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is
a young girl. Similarly, in Guava and Cheese, Lina is a child. The novel’s tales of
forgiveness and adversity will appeal to the mature reader, both young and
old. "
"As in Julia Alvarez’s book In
the Time of the Butterflies, a novel about growing up during Trujillo’s dictatorial regime, the historical setting
for Guava and Cheese is
accurate though the characters and their stories are fiction.
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