Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice NetworkĬleeton has penned an atmospheric, politically insightful, and highly hopeful homage to a lost world. Both women fall for fire-brand revolutionaries, but Cuba itself emerges as their true love-interest, threatening to break both women's hearts as Elisa and Marisol each grapple in their own way with what it is to be Cuban, what it is to be an exile, and how to love and live in a homeland riven by revolution. The story of sugar heiress Elisa, watching Cuba fall into revolution as Castro rises, is intertwined with the modern-day tale of Elisa's granddaughter Marisol as she returns to Cuba after Castro's death.

Next Year in Havana reminds us that while love is complicated and occasionally heartbreaking, it's always worth the risk.Ĭhanel Cleeton's Next Year In Havana is a flat-out stunner of a book, at once a dual-timeline mystery, a passionate romance, and paean to the tragedy and beauty of war-torn Cuba.

This Cuban-set historical novel is just what you need to get that ~extra-summery~ feeling. Reese Witherspoon, (Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine book pick)Ī sweeping love story and tale of courage and familial and patriotic legacy that spans generations. United Kingdom Praise for next year in havanaĪ beautiful novel that's full of forbidden passions, family secrets and a lot of courage and sacrifice. When more family history comes to light and Marisol finds herself attracted to a man with secrets of his own, she'll need the lessons of her grandmother's past to help her understand the true meaning of courage.Īdd it on Goodreads here.

Elisa's last wish was for Marisol to scatter her ashes in the country of her birth.Īrriving in Havana, Marisol comes face-to-face with the contrast of Cuba's tropical, timeless beauty and its perilous political climate. Freelance writer Marisol Ferrera grew up hearing romantic stories of Cuba from her late grandmother Elisa, who was forced to flee with her family during the revolution. The daughter of a sugar baron, nineteen-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba's high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country's growing political unrest-until she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary. After the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identity-and unearths a family secret hidden since the revolution.

Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton