About the book: Margarita Engle wrote a memoir about her childhood. She is part Cuban and American. During her early childhood she remembers visiting the beautiful island of Cuba that her mother's family lives. While in Cuba she felt adventurous and free. As she got older the visits to Cuba became fewer and fewer. The cold war was happening, and the US stopped all US citizens from traveling to Cuba. Margarita turned to books and literature to explore new places and their freedoms. She always felt torn between her two nationalities. She tells stories about family vacations to Mexico, in the US, and Europe during her childhood. The book also goes through a timeline of the Cuban and US conflict from the eyes of a child.
Readers Response: In Enchanted Air the history of the Cold War and the conflict between Cuba and the US are shared from 1945 to 2014. In the back of the book the author has included a more formal timeline of this time period. The memoir is written in poetic verse which adds rhythm and great figurative language in her descriptions of events from her past. Enchanted Air was a finalist in the 2016 Excellence in Non-Fiction Award.
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