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The Lost Apple Spiral-Bound | 2004-08-15

Maria Torres

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From 1960 to 1962, 14,048 Cuban minors arrived in Miami. María de los Angeles Torres was six years old when she took part in this massive airlift-now known as Operation Pedro Pan-in which parents, terrified that the new communist government would ship their children to Soviet work camps, sent them instead to America. Torres examines the event from both a historical and a personal perspective. This 'relentless investigator of history' (Miami Herald) forces declassification of key documents, challenging us all finally to come to terms with this pivotal yet largely neglected exodus.
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 344 pages
ISBN-10: 080700233X
Item Weight: 0.9 lbs
Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
'Although there are many books by and about the Pedro Pans, The Lost Apple is one of the best. Torres manages to keep a healthy historical balance in a tricky political landscape, never losing her footing along the way . . . The Lost Apple moves along like a good novel [and] Torres even makes politics come alive.'--Susan Fernandez, Miami Herald

'A thoughtful, balanced addition to the frequently contentious scholarship on U.S.-Cuban history.'--Kirkus Reviews

'Deeply felt and impressively researched, The Lost Apple undertakes the difficult work of reconciliation-between parents and children, exiles and revolutionaries, the Cuba of yesterday and the Cuba of today.'--Gustavo PÈrez Firmat, author of Life on the Hyphen: The Cuban-American Way
A frequent media commentator on Cuba-U.S. relations, María de los Angeles Torres is associate professor of political science at DePaul University and author of several books, including In the Land of Mirrors: Cuban Exile Politics in the United States. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.