My Amercian Transformation: Reminiscences from a Time of Wonder

by S. Jorge Mena

Overview

S. Mena arrived in the United States from Cuba at age 11 in 1969. His is a rich narrative of an adolescent's escape from a oppressive culture under communism, to finding the freedoms that led him to his many discoveries about our American culture. Mena's observations and recollections offer a keen perspective on what he aptly calls his "American Transformation." It is a powerful, yet gentle, read that will take you on an emotional roller-coaster ride. A wonderful addition to any family library.
"I'm very pleased to have this book published. It has been years in the making. Probably the most emotionally taxing writing I have ever done. It details leaving Cuba as an 11-year-old and the painful experiences suffered by my parents that caused us to leave. Those were difficult things to write about, but a story that needed to be told. The other chapters dealing with transitioning into the American mainstream, while humorous at times, are indelible memories of living the American experience as an adolescent in this land I chose to love and adopt as my own."
- SJ Mena

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780578580531
Publisher:	AMG Publishing USA
Publication date:	09/30/2019
Pages:	170
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

S. Mena and his family migrated to the United States from Cuba. He grew up in the Washington, D.C. suburbs of Takoma Park and Silver Spring, Maryland. An award-winning broadcast journalist, Mena covered Latin America and the Caribbean for the United States Information Agency’s Voice of America and helped launch two U.S. Government broadcast services specific to Cuba: Radio Martí and TV Martí. He presently resides in Idaho Falls with his wife, Kristin where they raised their six sons.