Cuban-American writer, Jorge Reyes, reads from REDISCOVERING CUBA: A PERSONAL MEMOIR, on October 6, 2003, at Books and Books, 265 Coral Gables, Florida.

Praise for JORGE REYESS REDISCOVERING CUBA: A PERSONAL MEMOIR

Jorge Reyes takes us on his journey to Cuba and articulates the deepest, most achingly familiar feelings of his generation of young Cuban-Americans, those who grew up imagining the island as a sepia-toned place of their parents fancy."

Liz Balmaseda,Columnist, The Miami Herald"

"Jorge Reyes captures the spirit of every American who wants to learn more about his ancestry and from whence his family emigrated. One does not have to be Cuban to experience the joy and discovery of this family search. It is every man's story."
Ron Levitt, President,
Miami International Press Club

Jorge Reyes has written a special book, not only for those Cubans who knew the Cuba he describes with such special sensitivity, but for those-like him-who grew up far from their homeland and can only know it through familys histories that are often altered by time. Rediscovering Cuba awakens nostalgia, curiosity and fascination while effectively describing the realities of Cuba. The combination of Reyes impression upon his return is precise, and wonderfully evocative. He allows us, his readers, to see a unique world, often surrealist and hilarious, in tragic moments. You wont be disappointed to rediscover Cuba with him, or visit it for the first time."
Frank Calderón, CEO, Editorial Concepts, Inc.

Jorge Reyes's Rediscovering Cuba is a humorous, poignant and philosophical treatise on the love of family and how that transcends the political differences that sometimes divides us. It left me yearning for memories of a Cuba I left over forty years ago, memories that are slowing growing dim with the passage of time and the deaths of the memory-keepers who make up the fabric of one's life. If you take away the specific references to Cuba, it is about any exile's journey home, their roots and the bittersweet realizations that the journey yields. Jorge Reyes's personal story touched me deeply and left me longing for the trip I've long wanted to make.
Maria Anderson, Commissioner, City of Coral Gables, Florida.