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Chargement... The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba (édition 2021)par Chanel Cleeton (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Too much inner monologue, navel gazing and “woe is me” for my taste. Needed better editing. ( ) Digital audiobook performed by Frankie Corzo, Holly Linneman, and Rebecca Soler For her fourth book featuring a member of the Perez family, Cleeton turned to history and one exceptional Cuban woman – Evangelina Cisneros – who was instrumental in the fight to liberate Cuba from Spanish rule. This is true: At age eighteen Evangelina was imprisoned at the infamous Recogidas prison. Meanwhile, back in New York, William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were rival newspaper tycoons, each intent on making HIS paper the best and widest read. Hearst did, in fact, publish a photo of Evangelina and dubbed her “the most beautiful girl in Cuba.” Her escape from Recogidas was done with the help of American journalists. The loss of the USS Maine brought the US into the war against Spain. And Hearst did, in fact, charter a yacht to get a “front-wave” seat to the battle between US and Spanish warships. Cleeton invented Marina Perez to support Evangelina’s story and to connect this book with her popular series. And she added intrepid Grace Harrington, who gets caught in the back-and-forth between Hearst and Pulitzer before coming into her own. The action was constant, as one would expect during such a conflict. I thought the love interests were mainly there to provide a big, strong, man to rescue the damsel(s) in distress. But the story held my attention and I’m glad I read it. The audiobook was performed by three talented voice artists: Frankie Corzo (Evangelina), Holly Linneman (Grace), and Rebecca Soler (Marina). This made it easier for the listener to handle the changes in point of view throughout the work . At an individual character level, The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba by Chanel Cleeton is the story of strong women, of how their lives intersect, and of what comes after. On a broader scale, this is historical fiction about Cuba and about the New York Gilded Age. On a philosophical level, this story is a conversation about journalism. At every level, the book keeps me turning pages until the very end and then, beyond the end, as I research the history to see what happened next. Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2022/05/the-most-beautiful-girl-in-cuba.html Reviewed for NetGalley. I loved this book because 1) I learned an immense amount about Cuba’s history, 2) the depiction of multiple strong women, & 3) the war battled between newspaper magnates, because I’m still a newspaper junkie from my youngest days. The writing sometimes ventured on the simplistic (how many times can Hearst’s eye “gleam”?), & it was slow and confusing at first. But I still loved it. It fits multiple genres: historical fiction of course, but also I t’s a thriller and a romance, which was nicely done. I appreciated the author’s explanation at the end about the very real, unbelievable, and sometimes mesmerizing events described in the book. It was indeed the Gilded Age. Highly recommended. I enjoyed Chanel Cleeton's newest historical novel. The Most Beautiful Girl In Cuba is set in the 1890's and the time period is significant. It is the Gilded Age in New York City where "society" lives extravagantly while the poor suffer. "Yellow Journalism" is present with over the top news stories, particularly by Hearst's New York Journal. Cuba is controlled by Spain while many Cubans live in poverty fighting for independence. I was mostly unaware of details of the United States' involvement in Cuba and didn't really know what the significance of "The Maine" was or which war it referenced. One Cuban woman, Evangelina, is real as is her involvement with the Journal. She serves as a significant plot device in this novel. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"At the end of the nineteenth century, three revolutionary women fight for freedom in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton's captivating new novel inspired by real-life events and the true story of a legendary Cuban woman-Evangelina Cisneros-who changed the course of history. A feud rages in Gilded Age New York City between newspaper tycoons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. When Grace Harrington lands a job at Hearst's newspaper in 1896, she's caught in a cutthroat world where one scoop can make or break your career, but it's a story emerging from Cuba that changes her life. Unjustly imprisoned in a notorious Havana women's jail, eighteen-year-old Evangelina Cisneros dreams of a Cuba free from Spanish oppression. When Hearst learns of her plight and splashes her image on the front page of his paper, proclaiming her, "The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba," she becomes a rallying cry for American intervention in the battle for Cuban independence. With the help of Marina Perez, a courier secretly working for the Cuban revolutionaries in Havana, Grace and Hearst's staff attempt to free Evangelina. But when Cuban civilians are forced into reconcentration camps and the explosion of the USS Maine propels the United States and Spain toward war, the three women must risk everything in their fight for freedom"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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