{"product_id":"our-woman-in-havana-reporting-castros-cuba-9781786075802","title":"Our Woman in Havana: Reporting Castro's Cuba","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ewas only when I reread \u003c\/em\u003eOur Man in Havana \u003cem\u003ethat I realised I shared a street with the hapless spy hero of Graham Greene's novel. My office was just a short distance from the fictional vacuum cleaner store run by Jim Wormold... A piece of paper strapped to the swirling, rusted window bars announces that the lower floor flat is for sale. I wonder if the owner's selling up to leave Lamparilla and the 'ruins of Havana', like Wormold.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSixty years ago, Graham Greene watched as the Cuban revolution unfolded and Batista's regime collapsed. Now, as the Castro era comes to a close, Sarah Rainsford, formerly the BBC's 'woman in Havana', reports on the lives shaped by Fidel's giant social experiment and the feelings of a nation as his brother Raul steps down.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe encounters entrepreneurs full of hope and the disillusioned still looking for a way out. She meets a boxing legend who credits everything he has to the revolution and the dissidents caught on surveillance cameras every time they set foot outside their homes. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe also discovers the trailblazing work of Ruby Hart Phillips, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e correspondent in Havana 1937-61 - and a rare woman journalist in a macho world - who reported every step of the revolution and came face to face with Fidel himself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough these stories and those still being told, \u003cem\u003eOur Woman in Havana\u003c\/em\u003e weaves an enthralling, atmospheric portrait of this enigmatic country as it teeters, once more, at a historic crossroads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ONEWorld Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781786075802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 4.90w x 1.20d","brand":"Sarah Rainsford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36668805709980,"sku":"9781786075802","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b319e9c0-efa9-4cc1-80fb-d1e53b484ed1.jpg?v=1603918512","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/our-woman-in-havana-reporting-castros-cuba-9781786075802","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}