num_pages: 336
description: An evocative multigenerational Cuban American family story of revolution loss violence and family bondsMarisol vanished during the Cuban Revolution her fate unknown and lost to time. Now haunted by atrocities long-forgotten her foul-mouthed spirit visits her nephew Ramon in modern-day New Jersey. Her hope: That her presence will prompt her descendant to unearth their painful family history.Ramon launches a haphazard investigation into the story of his ancestor unaware of the forces driving him on his search. Along the way he falls in love discovers a new sense of his own identity faces a run-in with a murderous gangster and learns of each lost saint who helped Marisol during her imprisonment under Batista's reign.Uplifting and evocative The Book of Lost Saints is a meditation on family forgiveness and the violent struggle to be free.
language: English
title: The Book of Lost Saints: A Cuban American Family Saga of Love, Betrayal, and Revolution
publisher: Imprint