The Lure & Secrets of Cuba at Sandrina's
 PVNN
November 26, 2009
| | The Cuban Chronicles, A True Tale of Rascals, Rogues, and Romance is available at WandaStHilaire.com, Chapters, Indigo, Coles, amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com. | |
Meet the author of the spicy new travel memoir, The Cuban Chronicles - A True Tale of Rascals, Rogues, and Romance, Canadian Wanda St. Hilaire on Saturday, December 12th at 6:30 pm at Sandrina's Restaurant, located at Lazaro Cardenas No. 33 in Bucerias, Nayarit.
Sandrina will be creating a Cubano dinner special as well as a mojito special. Steamy Ritmo Cuban music, and who knows? maybe some dancing too! Wanda will do a book reading and afterward, answer any questions you may have about Cuba or about your own writing dreams. There will be a book signing as well, with $1 from every book sold donated to a local charity.
Reservations are required, so call (329) 298-0273 or visit Sandrinas.com for more information.
The Lure, and Secrets, of Cuba
Memoir unveils the truth behind the façade of the island
Some girls have all the fun. Calgarian writer Wanda St.Hilaire has taken her passion for travel, especially to Spanish speaking countries, and has given readers an opportunity to experience Cuba from an original and spirited perspective.
In the infancy of Cuba's tourism, Wanda St.Hilaire takes a trip to the tiny island. In spite of her love of all things Latin, she puts herself on a travel ban to Castro's Cuba, one that lasts twenty years.
When she is forced to cancel a trip to Oaxaca, Mexico at the last minute, she finds herself in Cuba twice, on back-to-back trips. Walking into the backstreets of Havana, eyes wide open, she is pulled into a dalliance with a charismatic cubano.
In The Cuban Chronicles, St.Hilaire's travelogue/memoir, she describes that underneath the façade of Cuba's tourism lies the desperation of a society living mostly in abject poverty. When tourists mingle with locals, we get a glimpse of what underlies the frivolity of Cuban entanglements.
St.Hilaire speaks with an authentic voice and doesn't mince words; she recounts her own activities, emotions and opinions with refreshing honesty. The author is a natural storyteller and her vivid descriptions of people and her surroundings make Cuba come alive for the reader. Being an epistolary composition (the book is based on a series of letters to a friend in Paris), the author's tone is warm and confidential, and peppered with touches of humor.
Think Eat, Pray, Love meets Bridget Jones's Diary with a dash of cayenne!
Wanda St.Hilaire supports her travel and writing habit by working as a reluctant sales and marketing representative. She spent four blissful winters away from the frozen landscape of Canada living in the barrios of Vallarta, Mexico, and she has traveled throughout the world. She lives in Calgary, Alberta. |
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