Tomorrow They Will Kiss: A Novel by Eduardo Santiago
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Overview: Written with buoyant humor and a sharp sense of human desire, this is the story of love pursued at any cost, of how friendship and history unite people for better or worse, and of the hope for that redemptive kiss capable of reconciling estranged lovers and countries.
Graciela, Caridad and Imperio all left their small town in Cuba for the same reason – to escape Castro. The memories they left behind, however, are quite varied. Rather than commit to killing her daughter in protest to the new regime, Caridad hops in a boat bound for the Florida Keys in the middle of the night, leaving her fine home and her husband’s medical practice to be looted. Imperio, fearing her husband has been cursed by rebels, scrambles to join her recently departed best friend. And Graciela, seen by her neighbors as a harlot, follows her husband to Miami, where his angry family awaits. Eventually, the women find themselves in Union City, NJ, working the same conveyor belt in a doll factory, ignoring their long-held grudges against each other in order to protect the scandals and secrets they left in Cuba. In the end, the two women who have spent their days searching for a way back to where they came from watch the one who doggedly pursued the American dream ascend over them. Who is worth rooting for? As juicy and surprising as the soap operas the women adore, this portrayal of small town life, gossip-mongering and the immigrant experience is told with passion and humor.
“A delightful book! Santiago enchants us with these three women and their tangled relationships, from their youth together in a small town in Cuba to their lives in 1960s New Jersey. He spins their unique voices and attitudes with a humorous eye and rich understanding of how, among exiles, community will trump personal history, even an acrimonious one. Like mango sprinkled with chili, Tomorrow They Will Kiss is sweet, with a bite.” —Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander and Paint It Black
Genre: Fiction > Literary, Modern
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