The Eternal Forest: A Memoir of the Cuban Diaspora
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A dance between her family’s story and Cuba’s history, Sheppard uses beautiful prose to capture what it’s like to grow up Cuban-American, with roots less than a hundred miles from Miami’s coast.
"[Narrator Frankie] Corzo's expressive style enhances [author Elena] Sheppard's moving story of loss and identity. " - AudioFile
In the tradition of The Yellow House and Half Broke Horses, a memoir of the Cuban diaspora that follows one family's exile from the island, through a lyrical exploration of memory, cultural mythology, and the history of Cuban-American relations.
History is undeniably dominated by its men, but the stories Elena Sheppard was brought up on were almost always about Cuba...



