The narrator of Letters to My Mother is a young Afro-Cuban girl who when her mother dies must live with her aunt and cousins. Dependent on them and their goodwill she's deeply wounded by their taunts about how dark her skin is and their atta...

Perro Viejo was taken away from his mother at birth and has known no other life than that of servitude on a sugar plantation. His name, which means "Old Dog," was given to him by the plantation master because, like the bloodhounds that chased fug...