{"product_id":"the-second-death-of-unica-aveyano-9781400033164","title":"The Second Death of Unica Aveyano","description":"From the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Lazarus Rumba\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(\"His symphonic imagination proves mesmerizing.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review; \u003c\/i\u003e\"Wonderful.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e), an inventive, poignant new novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne night in April, Única Aveyano sneaks out of her Miami nursing home and wanders toward the sea. Whether she intends to end her life or simply look at the ocean depends on whom you believe. She leaves behind her husband, a devoted nurse, the solicitude of her family--and the images of a little boy named Elián Gonzalez that are all over the news. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer rash decision sets in motion a gorgeously told tale that is at once comedy and elegy. Every lived moment evokes for Única a story from her past, and we live that past with her: from the ghosts of her mother and stepfather in 1930s Guantánamo, and her beloved but wayward son, who refused to leave Cuba with the rest of the family, to her exile in Miami and New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA chronicle of the familiar and the strange, of madness and clarity, of the ambivalence of home and family, \u003cb\u003eThe Second Death of Única Aveyano\u003c\/b\u003e reveals unforgettably an indomitable woman whose entire life now seems a dress rehearsal for the heady days before her death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400033164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.22w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2003 pg. 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2003 pg. 1418\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/04\/2004 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2004 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ernesto Mestre-Reed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53616715694261,"sku":"9781400033164","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781400033164.jpg?v=1793120282","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-second-death-of-unica-aveyano-9781400033164","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}