La Americana (eBook)

A Memoir

Melanie Bowden Simon (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
232 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-0256-1 (ISBN)

Infos

La Americana is the story of Melanie Bowden Simn, who, at the age of twenty-five, left her job at Tina Browns Talk magazine following the death of her mother and decided to take a vacation in Havana, Cuba, with a friend. Little did she know that she would meet and fall in love with a Cuban man named Luis and dive headlong into a culture defined by beauty, humor, and grace within the unnerving realities of communism.In this memoir, Simn details her fascination with Cuban culture as she grapples with the death of her mother. She also covers the struggle to get in and out of Cuba at a time when the country is labeled a pariah state. Yet over and over again, Simn manages to overcome international barriers and language and cultural obstaclesall in the name of her love for Luis.This book makes a great read for those with an interest in Cuban history, a zest for romance, or a passion for travel.Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Melanie Bowden Simón is a publicist and writer who received a bachelor's in Journalism from the University of Georgia. Named a 2016 '35 Over 35' Debut Author, her book La Americana: A Memoir was a #1 Kindle and Top 5 Amazon Best Seller. She lives in Savannah, Georgia with her husband, their three Spanglish-speaking kids and a bilingual Weimaraner. www.melaniebowdensimon.com

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.7.2016
• Zusatzinfo: B&W photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 2016 • Allure • America • Americana • antagonisms • Armchair • Autobiography • badass women • balm • beset • bio • Biography • Biography and Memoir • book group • book group books • books about love • books on allures • books on americanas • books on antagonisms • books on armchairs • books on balms • books on castro • books on communist cubas • books on cuban histories books on cross-cultural loves • books on cubas • books on encantados • books on havana cubas • books on latina • books on libro • books on luis • books on now-husbands • books on peaks • books on regimes • books on savannah • books on slater • books on taxi drivers • books on valentines • books on visas • Castro • communist cuba • cross-cultural love • Cuban History • cubas • cut-and-dry • Dark Romance • denise difulco • encantado • female protagonist • Flashbacks • Friendship • growing apart • Growing Up • havana cuba • heartbreak • heartbroken • Human nature • husband and wife • indomitable • Interpersonal relations • Latina • Libro • literature on marriage • logistical • Love • Luis • marriage • melanie bowden • Memoir • middle age • middle aged romance • middle aged sexuality • nacional • Nostalgia • novels about marriage • now-husband • overcame • Paranormal Romance • peaks • recounts • Regimes • relationships • Rendered • romance books • romance book series • romance novels • Romances • romance series • romantic books • romantic comedies • romantic country • Romantic drama • Romanticism • romantic love • romantic novels • romantic relationships • romantic short stories • Romantic Suspense • romantic suspense books • romantic trysts • sad romance • sad romantic story • Savannah • scandal • Sexuality • short stories about love • short story anthology • short story collection • Slater • strong female • strong girl character • Strong Women • Taxi Driver • tearjerker • thwart • unlikeliest • Valentine • Visa • Woman's Romance
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-0256-3 / 1510702563
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-0256-1 / 9781510702561