Las Hermanas Aguero

From the author of the widely acclaimed Dreaming in Cuban comes a sumptuously imagined novel about two passionate and eccentric Cuban sisters and their intertwining lives -- a book so wise, so funny, and so sensuous that no one who surrenders to it will return to the world unchanged. Constancia Aguero left Cuba to become a successful businesswoman in New York City. Her sister, Reina, stayed behind to make a living as an electrician and wreak havoc among the island's male population. When they are finally reunited in Miami, Cristina Garcia uses the occasion to generate enough stories for eight ordinary novels and to create a work that is wonderfully romantic yet unblinking in its understanding of the stranglehold of family love. Las hermanas Aguero is a masterpiece in the traditions of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabel Allende.