Our book club meets every other month and focuses on books written by Latino authors and/or Latino culture. We meet on Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. at Antigua Latin Restaurant in West Allis.

Book: Dreaming in Cuban 
By Christina Garcia

Saturday, September 18
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Antigua Latin Restaurant
5823 W. Burnham Street

Garcia's first novel is about Cuba, her native country, and three generations of del Pino women who are seeking spiritual homes for their passionate, often troubled souls. Celia del Pino and her descendants also share clairvoyant and visionary powers that somehow remain undiminished, despite the Cuban revolution and its profound effect upon their lives. This dichotomy suffuses their lives with a potent mixture of superstition, politics, and surrealistic charm that gives the novel an otherworldly atmosphere. Writing in a variety of forms, she combines narratives, love letters, and monologs to portray the del Pinos as they move back and forth through time. Garcia tells their story with an economy of words and a rich, tropical imagery, setting a brisk but comfortable pace. – From: LIBRARY JOURNAL, Janet W. Reit, Univ. of Vermont Lib., Burlington