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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Ana Hebra Flaster
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DESCRIPTION:What happens when the country you love forces you out\, leavin
 g you just 48 hours to abandon everything you’ve ever known? Join u
 s online for a conversation with Ana Hebra Flaster..\nhttps://ocls.libnet.
 info/event/17505609
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>What happens when the country you love for
 ces you out\, leaving you just 48 hours to abandon everything you&rsquo\;v
 e ever known? Join us online for an extraordinary online conversation with
  author and essayist Ana Hebra Flaster as we discuss her sweeping yet deep
 ly intimate memoir Property of the Revolution: From a Cuban Barrio to a Ne
 w Hampshire Mill Town.</p>\n<p>Ana Hebra Flaster was six years old when he
 r working-class family was kicked out of their Havana barrio for opposing 
 communism. Once devoted revolutionaries themselves but disillusioned by th
 e Castro government&rsquo\;s repressive tactics\, they fled to the US. The
  permanent losses they suffered&mdash\;of home\, country\, and loved ones\
 , all within forty-eight hours&mdash\;haunted her multigenerational family
  as they reclaimed their lives and freedom in 1967 New Hampshire. There\, 
 they fed each other stories of their scrappy barrio&mdash\;some of which H
 ebra Flaster has shared on All Things Considered&mdash\;to resurrect their
  lost world and fortify themselves for a daunting task: building a new lif
 e in a foreign land.</p>\n<p>Weaving pivotal events in Cuba&ndash\;US hist
 ory with her viejos&rsquo\;&mdash\;elders&rsquo\;&mdash\;stories of surviv
 ing political upheaval\, impossible choices\, and &ldquo\;refugeedom\,&rdq
 uo\; Property of the Revolution celebrates the indomitable spirit and wisd
 om of the women warriors who led the family out of Cuba\, shaped its rebir
 th as Cuban Americans\, and helped Ana grow up hopeful\, future-facing&mda
 sh\;American. But what happens when deeply buried childhood memories resur
 face\, demanding an adult&rsquo\;s reckoning?</p>\n<p>Here&rsquo\;s how th
 e fiercest love\, the most stubborn will\, and the power of family put nin
 e new Americans back on their feet.</p>\n<p>Register today to gain a deepe
 r\, more personal perspective on the refugee experience and the enduring q
 uest to define home.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>About the Author:&nbsp\;</p>\
 n<p>Ana Hebra Flaster&nbsp\;is journalist and the author of&nbsp\;Property
  of the Revolution: From a Cuban Barrio to a New Hampshire Mill Town\, pub
 lished in April 2025 (She Writes Press\, Simon and Schuster distribution).
 &nbsp\;A former child-refugee from Cuba\, Ana&rsquo\;s work has appeared i
 n national print and online media\, including:&nbsp\;The New York Times\,&
 nbsp\;The Wall Street Journal\,&nbsp\;The Washington Post\, and&nbsp\;The 
 Boston Globe. Her commentaries and storytelling have aired on NPR&rsquo\;s
 &nbsp\;All Things Considered&nbsp\;and PBS&rsquo\;s&nbsp\;Stories from the
  Stage. Since its publication in April 2025\, Property of the Revolution h
 as won first place in several international writing contests\, including: 
 2026 IBPA Book Awards (Memoir)\; 2025 Discovery Book Awards (Nonfiction ov
 erall)\; 2025 International Book Awards (Creative Nonfiction)\, and the 20
 25 IAP Book Awards (Memoir of the Year). The memoir was selected as the Na
 shua\, New Hampshire\, 2026 All-City Read and the Rivier University 2025 F
 irst-Year Read. Ana speaks regularly with student\, library\, and civic gr
 oups about her family&rsquo\;s journey and the refugee and immigrant exper
 ience. She is currently focused on covering the struggle for democracy and
  human rights in Cuba in her weekly Substack\,&nbsp\;CubaCurious\,&nbsp\;a
  project she launched in July 2024.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;<br />&nbsp\;<br /><br 
 />&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>The views expressed by presenters are their own and thei
 r appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any ent
 ity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not c
 onstitute an endorsement or recommendation by Orange County Library System
 .</p>\nhttps://ocls.libnet.info/event/17505609
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