SONS OF CUBA - Martin, Ellen W.

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Résumé :
In Book II - SONS OF CUBA - HOMECOMING Felipe and his handful of rebels are forced into exile by the Batista government. With the help of Ileana Calleri, a Cuban National living in Mexico, a training camp is established in the shadows of the snowcapped volcano Popocat?petal near Mexico City. The revolution is expensive and securing funds to finance the rebellion is slow and demanding. Felipe returns to the United States in hopes he can convince fellow Cuban patriots and others to support their cause. But, while seeking financial assistance, he barely survives an attempt on his life. Nothing seems to impede Felipe and his band of compatriots from their quest. Even though a plane crash diminishes their numbers, the rebels succeed returning home and establish their base camp in the mountains of southeastern Cuba. High in the Sierra Maestra Mountains, near Pico Turquino, Felipe encounters a feisty peasant girl, Tangi Montolio. This fiery red-headed activist is one of the rebel leader's most passionate supporters. She will deliver the long awaited message to Cardena's encampment affirming victory is on the horizon. Lazario Montolio is a loyal courier for the Cuban revolutionaries. He is a widower and Tangi is his only child. He endeavors to keep his strong-willed daughter from direct contact with the rugged revolutionaries whenever he can. However, the long awaited message affirming victory is imminent must reach the rebels high in their mountain campground. Lazario and Tangi are among the few that are trusted by the rebels. When Lazario is unable to personally make the delivery, he has no choice but to send his daughter. After Tangi's encounter with the rebels, a set of circumstances compel her to become estranged from her father, Lazario Montolio and her fianc?, Ramon Miguel Hernandez. Homeless and with no money, Tangi is rescued by an old farmer, Fernando Reyes. He takes Tangi under his wing and gives her a job and a home. She becomes the child he never knew. Ramon Miguel Hernandez, the fianc?, refuses to accept that Tangi's disappearance was without just cause and searches until he finds her. When they are finally reunited in Havana, their short-lived happiness is besieged with uncertainty and despair. While Tangi is managing the fruit and vegetable kiosk in Plaza de San Francisco, her three year old son, Andr?s, disappears. The frantic family search everywhere. Moments later the boy returns in the arms of Rafaella Zam?, the Santer?a priestess. What could possibly be Rafaella's motives? Distrust, deterioration of civility and harassment from Cuban soldiers force Tangi and her family to consider returning to their home in the Sierra Maestra Mountains. Before they can move forward with their plans, government troops intervene. From this day forward the family's lives catapults into turmoil. Imprisonment, death and the treacherous crossing of the Gulf of Mexico shapes their future. The one bright spot on the horizon awaiting the refugees is Crist?bal and Teresa Mar?n - the parents of Felipe's dead bride, Margar?t. From exile this couple relishes the opportunity to seek revenge on Cuba's new dictator, Felipe Cardena - the same man who was responsible for the death of the Mar?n children, Margar?t and Alejandro - the destruction of the Mar?n family legacy - and the reason they were forced to leave Cuba. Will Andr?s, Tangi's only son, become Cuba's new hope?

Biographie:
A proud wife of a retired Air Force officer, mother of one, Ellen, didn't start writing until retirement years, and even then she considered writing a hobby. In 2019 she published a historical fiction, SONS OF CUBA, a two book series. The snow-white beaches near Northwest Florida are home.