Let's Have a Giveaway ~ Waiting for Snow in Havana; Carlos Eire

It has been a while since I've had a giveaway, and since I received a new book this week which I have already read (and really enjoyed), I thought someone might enjoy it as well.  I actually read it (pre blogging days), but it apparently has been released once again.

Waiting for Snow in Havana; Carlos Eire

(DESCRIPTION)....A childhood in a privileged household in 1950s Havana was joyous and cruel, like any other - but with certain differences. The neighbour's monkey was liable to escape and run across your roof. Surfing was conducted by driving cars across the breakwater. Lizards and firecrackers made frequent contact. Carlos Eire's childhood was a little different from most. His father was convinced he had been Louis XVI in a past life. At school, classmates with fathers in the Batista government were attended by chauffeurs and bodyguards. At a home crammed with artifacts and paintings, portraits of Jesus spoke to him in dreams and nightmares. Then, in January 1959, the world changes: Batista is suddenly gone, a cigar-smoking guerrilla has taken his place, and Christmas is cancelled. The echo of firing squads is everywhere. And, one by one, the author's schoolmates begin to disappear -- spirited away to the United States. Carlos will end up there himself, without his parents, never to see his father again.

Narrated with the urgency of a confession, Waiting For Snow In Havana is both an ode to a paradise lost and an exorcism. More than that, it captures the terrible beauty of those times in our lives when we are certain we have died -- and then are somehow, miraculously, reborn.

SPECIFICS

(US and International)

1.  Just leave a comment with your email address.

                          ( how simple is that?)

2.  Winner will be selected on Sunday - November 14th, and notified by email.

(if winner does not respond with mailing info within 48 hours another winner will be selected) 

Good Luck to All