Cubanita

by Gaby Triana

  “It’s okay, abuelos,” I tell them. “Your deaths weren’t in vain. We’re happy, we’re safe.”

  I take the stuff to my bedroom. The photo goes on my night table, the flags here in my pencil cup, and the egret painting, I hang above my bed. I lie there for a while looking at it. It seems so out of place here in the land of pine trees and snowy winters. But after staring at it for a while, I close my eyes and float into a peaceful sleep.

  I dream of swamps and saw grass, anhingas and herons, humidity and storm clouds…and the sweet scent of the approaching rain.

  About the Author

  Born in Miami to Cuban immigrants, GABY TRIANA experiences Cuban-American life on a daily basis. She is known to eat pastelitos de guayaba with her Starbucks grande mocha with skim milk. Aside from writing stories about the two cultures she inhabits, Gaby enjoys spending time with her family, sleeping many hours, and lazing around. She is also the author of BACKSTAGE PASS. You can visit Gaby online at www.gabytriana.com.

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  Credits

  Cover art © 2005 by Michael Storrings

  Cover design by Sasha Illingworth

  Copyright

  CUBANITA. Copyright © 2005 by Gabriela González. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

  EPub © Edition SEPTEMBER 2009 ISBN: 9780061883606

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