In 'Keeper of My Kin,' Ada Ferrer struggles with being her mother's "chosen one"
In 'Keeper of My Kin,' Ada Ferrer struggles with being her mother's "chosen one"
In 'Keeper of My Kin,' Ada Ferrer struggles with being her mother's "chosen one"
Shownote
Shownote
At the start of the Cuban Revolution, Adela Ferrer’s husband made an impossible decision. Her husband had fled Havana for New York, and she planned to take her two children and join him. But instead, she was forced to bring only her daughter, leaving her 9...
Highlights
Highlights
Ada Ferrer reflects on the family separation that shaped her life, her brother’s painful childhood letters, and the burden of being the child who was chosen to leave Cuba.
Chapters
Chapters
A family divided by exile
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Transcript
Speaker 3: Hello, I'm Melissa Nadworny, and this is NPR's Book of the Day. Today's book will claw at your heart. Ada Ferrer was just 10 months old when her mother decided to flee Cuba. It was the start of the Cuban Revolution, and Ferrer's mother took her ...
