Havana Dreams: A Story of a Cuban Family

A fascinating, powerfully evocative story of four generations of Cuban women, through whose lives the author illuminates a vivid picture—both personal and historical—of Cuba in our century.

"When I want to read a culture," writes Wendy Gimbel in her prologue, "I listen to stories about families, sensing in their contours the substance of larger mysteries." And certainly in the Revuelta family she has found a source of both mystery and revelation.

At its center is Naty: born in 1925, educated...