Plantains and the 7 Plagues A Memoir HalfCuban HalfDominican and Full Life eBook Paz Ellis
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Author Paz Ellis takes readers on a cross-cultural and trans-generational journey through her childhood in New Jersey to adulthood with Plantains and the 7 Plagues, A Memoir Half-Dominican, Half-Cuban and Full Life.
Paz insightfully describes, the complexities and contradictions of growing up in the United States to a Dominican mother and a Cuban father. From her mother’s obsessive cleaning rituals to her father’s remarkable knack for invention, this book beautifully explains what living a hyphenated-life means for so many Hispanics. She writes about what it means to be American, and Cuban, and Dominican, and having to be all of those things and only one of them… all at the same time.
Following the passing of her mother, the author finds herself on a search for meaning through not only her past, but also her mother’s. This book is about life, loss, memory, culture, and family, the glue that determines who your family actually is- love. Written with a healthy dose of wit and an abundance of sincerity, Plantains and the 7 Plagues is honest, painfully relatable, and deeply heartfelt.
Plantains and the 7 Plagues A Memoir HalfCuban HalfDominican and Full Life eBook Paz Ellis
I have never felt compelled to leave a book review, but in this case, I must.I enjoyed this book immensely! I totally relate with Paz experiences growing up. I was born and raised in Cuba and we came to the US in 1960, shortly after Castro. As a child in Cuba, my paternal grandmother would throw a hughe get together for Noche Buena (Christmas Eve). Relatives from all over came for this feat of lechon, arroz con frijoles negros, yuca frita y platano maduros frito (roast pork, rice with black beans, fried yuca and fried plantain). Even though I was a younster, our parents would let my cousins and I enjoy a few glasses of vino tinto (res wine) with the dinner.
After we left Cuba, our family managed to mostly hang together in Miami, I had to work my butt off after school, to make some money as we arrived from Cuba with nothing but a change of clothing. It was a hard struggle to rebuild, but eventually we got back on our feet.
My father always dreamt of one day going back to Cuba and cursed Fidel everyday of his life. He finally passed at age 96, never realizing his dream of going back.
Thanl you Paz Ellis for sharing your story.
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Plantains and the 7 Plagues A Memoir HalfCuban HalfDominican and Full Life eBook Paz Ellis Reviews
I could easily insert my family in many places. Well told story of love and life! Thank you for sharing.
I couldn't put down this book! I highly recommend it. I, myself being a first generation US American can totally relate. It brought back memories in my own childhood. Also, knowing that I was not the only one having these feelings and struggles. Buy it now you will not regret it!
This book was very relatable coming from a family of Cuban descent and being a first generation Cuban-American. From the cleaning rituals, to the taunting at school, and the passing of two beautiful people the story is eloquently presented and stirred emotions that only our generation can truly appreciate.
Paz Ellis describes her journey growing up in an immigrant town where she constantly struggles with family expectations and responsibilities, idiosyncrasies of being a teenager all while living the American dream. The book takes you through a roller coaster of emotions. I laughed at the Cuban and Dominican expressions and as she described growing up in a Hispanic household and I also cried as she described her parents struggle to make ends meets and live the American dream. This is definitely a 2 thumbs up!👍👍
I loved it. I wish there had been more pictures. This is an account of a family and extended family who are bound together by in conditional love. While reading one feels that !ove and wishes to be part of it..
Reading this was like reliving my childhood except that I'm only Dominican! Makes more grateful for the childhood experiences we had...life lessons that are priceless!
I found the book an interesting read, yet I am not from that culture. I was surprised at the deep level of emotional attachment the author had to her mother when throughout the book she struggled to learn how to deal with her mother's temper and insane mood swings. At the same time, the Cuban/Castro story the author explains is tragic. So many Cubans loved their country but had to leave because of Castro's takeover. Ellis helped me to understand immigrants and the hard and sad times they endure trying to make another country their home. I loved that her parents became proud American and felt sad that they longed for their native land to the end of their lives.
I have never felt compelled to leave a book review, but in this case, I must.
I enjoyed this book immensely! I totally relate with Paz experiences growing up. I was born and raised in Cuba and we came to the US in 1960, shortly after Castro. As a child in Cuba, my paternal grandmother would throw a hughe get together for Noche Buena (Christmas Eve). Relatives from all over came for this feat of lechon, arroz con frijoles negros, yuca frita y platano maduros frito (roast pork, rice with black beans, fried yuca and fried plantain). Even though I was a younster, our parents would let my cousins and I enjoy a few glasses of vino tinto (res wine) with the dinner.
After we left Cuba, our family managed to mostly hang together in Miami, I had to work my butt off after school, to make some money as we arrived from Cuba with nothing but a change of clothing. It was a hard struggle to rebuild, but eventually we got back on our feet.
My father always dreamt of one day going back to Cuba and cursed Fidel everyday of his life. He finally passed at age 96, never realizing his dream of going back.
Thanl you Paz Ellis for sharing your story.
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