Love and Ghost Letters

A richly imagined novel set in Cuba from 1938 to the 1960s, chronicling the haunted relationship between a daughter and her exiled father When Josefina Navarro trades her idyllic life in a lavish neighborhood of Havana for a penniless one with her new husband, Lorenzo, her sergeant of police father cuts her off. Josefina, who grew up enchanted by the magical rituals of her nursemaid, moves to El Cotorro, an impoverished town, and has two children. Eventually Lorenzo, a womanizer, spends less time at home. After a riot in El Cotorro, the Sergeant is assumed dead. He catches a ferry to Miami, slipping out of Cuba. From his exile, the Sergeant writes mysterious letters to his daughter, telling her the truth about his past. She believes he is communicating from beyond the grave. The ghostly letters become her link to love. Told over nearly four decades, Love and Ghost Letters is an insightful, passionate story of the triumph of memory and devotion.Acevedo, Chantel is the author of 'Love and Ghost Letters', published 0014 under ISBN 9780312340469 and ISBN 031234046X.