El El nuevo hogar de Tia Fortuna by Ruth Behar

El El nuevo hogar de Tia Fortuna by Ruth Behar

Una conmovedora oda multicultural a la familia y a lo que significa crear un hogar cuando una nina ayuda a su tia a mudarse de su querido apartamento en Miami.


Cuando Fortuna, la tia de Estrella, tiene que despedirse de su antiguo edificio de apartamentos en Miami, The Seaway, para mudarse a una comunidad de vida asistida, Estrella pasa todo el dia con ella. Su tia le explica el significado de sus posesiones mas importantes, tanto de su cultura cubana como judia, mientras ambas se despiden y exploran un nuevo comienzo para la tia.

Un conmovedor libro sobre la tradici n, la cultura y la uni n familiar, El nuevo hogar de Tia Fortuna explora la herencia cubana y judia sefardi de Estrella y su tia. A traves del viaje de su tia, Estrella aprendera que mientras tengas a tu familia, el hogar se lleva en el coraz n.



When Estrella's Tia Fortuna has to say goodbye to her longtime Miami apartment building, The Seaway, to move to an assisted living community, Estrella spends the day with her. Tia explains the significance of her most important possessions from both her Cuban and Jewish culture, as they learn to say goodbye together and explore a new beginning for Tia.

A lyrical book about tradition, culture, and togetherness, Tia Fortuna's New Home explores Tia and Estrella's Sephardic Jewish and Cuban heritage. Through Tia's journey, Estrella will learn that as long as you have your family, home is truly where the heart is.

Ruth Behar (www.ruthbehar.com) is an acclaimed author of adult fiction and nonfiction, and Lucky Broken Girl is her first book for young readers. She was born in Havana, Cuba, grew up in New York City, and has also lived and worked in Spain and Mexico. An anthropology professor at the University of Michigan, she is also co-editor of Women Writing Culture, editor of Bridges to Cuba/Puentes a Cuba, and co-editor of The Portable Island: Cubans at Home in the World. Her honors include a MacArthur Genius Award, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a Fulbright Senior Fellowship, and a Distinguished Alumna Award from Wesleyan University. Much in demand as a public speaker, Ruth's speaking engagements have taken her to the United States, Canada, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, Spain, Finland, Israel, Italy, Ireland, Poland, England, the Netherlands, Japan, and New Zealand. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

From the Hardcover edition.

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ISBN 13	9780593381069
ISBN 10	0593381068
Title	El El nuevo hogar de Tia Fortuna
Author	Ruth Behar
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2022-01-25
Number of pages	32
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.