Everyone Leaves: A Novel

"A classic story . . . delivers real news from Cuba in a lyrical way."-NPR

Available for a new generation, Wendy Guerra's intoxicating and heartrending classic-a portrait of economically depressed post-revolutionary Cuba in the late 1970s, written as the diary of a young girl left behind by her parents and the state, who becomes caught in an acrimonious custody battle.

It is 1978, and Nieve finds herself caught between the tides of her parents' turbulent relationship and a country in turmoil....