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A Greek Love: A Novel of Cuba
by Zoé Valdés
“ The kids didn’t cry. Children on That Island are tamed, broken like timorous little beasts of burden, trained, or rather domesticated, from the cradle. Scenes like this teach them from an early age that the best thing to do is to keep their mouths shut.”
There were so many moments throughout the book that Zoe Valdez captured in such a beautiful way the tyranny, endurance & pure Love for Cuba.
This novel takes starts in the Cuba of the 70s, a communist Cuba. Ze’s a 16 year old who felt in love with the son of a Greek sailor/captain. As a result she becomes pregnant. This acts was the lowest a young Cuban girl could do to being shame and scandal to her family. You see, for a Cuban to be in love or go as far as to have a child with a foreigner is the definition of Betraying TU PATRIA!
As Ze gives her father the news, her father acts in rage and beats her up badly.. her mother intervene and she is also attacked, because Acts of violence is the norm in Cuba. It’s a way of expressing all the frustrations thanks to being an oppressed country. It’s also a reminder of how poorly women were and continue to be treated.
“ A man would kill a woman out of jealousy, and not a single mention of the unfortunate event would appear in the papers.”
So, as they’re able to scape Ze’s father grip, Ze, her mother Isabel run away from their home into the safety of “The Greek whore” home OSIRIS. Who will turn out to be an incredible ally and the meaning of Love & Found Family.
This story was bitter sweet to read, first you have a young women who has to endure not just an abusive father but also a broken heart. A sense of giving yourself completely to love but not being able to receive it back. To dedicate your life to your first love and make that your entire personality to then have to come to your full circle moment and realize that you have lived in the past for the best years of your life…
If you are in for a Love story about Love, Sacrifices, endurance and hope, then this one is for you.
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this novel for an exchange of a honest review.
There were so many moments throughout the book that Zoe Valdez captured in such a beautiful way the tyranny, endurance & pure Love for Cuba.
This novel takes starts in the Cuba of the 70s, a communist Cuba. Ze’s a 16 year old who felt in love with the son of a Greek sailor/captain. As a result she becomes pregnant. This acts was the lowest a young Cuban girl could do to being shame and scandal to her family. You see, for a Cuban to be in love or go as far as to have a child with a foreigner is the definition of Betraying TU PATRIA!
As Ze gives her father the news, her father acts in rage and beats her up badly.. her mother intervene and she is also attacked, because Acts of violence is the norm in Cuba. It’s a way of expressing all the frustrations thanks to being an oppressed country. It’s also a reminder of how poorly women were and continue to be treated.
“ A man would kill a woman out of jealousy, and not a single mention of the unfortunate event would appear in the papers.”
So, as they’re able to scape Ze’s father grip, Ze, her mother Isabel run away from their home into the safety of “The Greek whore” home OSIRIS. Who will turn out to be an incredible ally and the meaning of Love & Found Family.
This story was bitter sweet to read, first you have a young women who has to endure not just an abusive father but also a broken heart. A sense of giving yourself completely to love but not being able to receive it back. To dedicate your life to your first love and make that your entire personality to then have to come to your full circle moment and realize that you have lived in the past for the best years of your life…
If you are in for a Love story about Love, Sacrifices, endurance and hope, then this one is for you.
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this novel for an exchange of a honest review.