Last Seen in Havana
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A Cuban American woman searches for her long-lost mother and fights to restore a beautiful but crumbling Art Deco home in the heart of Havana in this moving, immersive new mystery, perfect for fans of Of Women and Salt. In 2019, newly widowed baker Mercedes Spivey flies from Miami to her native Cuba to care for her ailing paternal grandmother. Mercedes's life has been shaped by loss, beginning with the mysterious unsolved disappearance of her mother when Mercedes was a little girl. Returning to Cuba revives Mercedes's hopes of finding her mother as she attempts to piece together the few scraps of information she has. Could her mother still be alive? 33 years earlier, an American college student with endless political optimism falls deliriously in love with a handsome Cuban soldier while on a spontaneous visit to the island. She decides to stay permanently, but soon discovers that nothing is as it seems in Havana. The two women's stories proceed in parallel as Mercedes gets closer to discovering the truth about her mother, uncovering shocking family secrets in the process . . .
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Dovalpage, T., & Farrell, C. (2024). Last Seen in Havana. Unabridged. Recorded Books, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Dovalpage, Teresa and Cynthia, Farrell. 2024. Last Seen in Havana. Recorded Books, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Dovalpage, Teresa and Cynthia, Farrell, Last Seen in Havana. Recorded Books, Inc, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Dovalpage, Teresa, and Cynthia Farrell. Last Seen in Havana. Unabridged. Recorded Books, Inc, 2024.
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| title | Last Seen in Havana |
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| series | Havana Mystery |
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| publisher | Recorded Books, Inc. |
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| duration | 11h 33m 0s |
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| purchaseModel | INSTANT |
| dateLastUpdated | Feb 06, 2025 06:12:25 PM |
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| Last File Modification Time | Aug 02, 2025 10:29:03 PM |
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| Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Aug 02, 2025 10:23:36 PM |
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