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Aguero Sisters

Reina and Constancia Ag ero are Cuban sisters who have been estranged for thirty years. Reina--tall, darkly beautiful, and magnetically sexual--still lives in her homeland. Once a devoted daughter of la revoluci n, she now basks in the glow of her many admiring suitors, believing only in what she can grasp with her five senses. The pale and very petite Constancia lives in the United States, a beauty expert who sees miracles and portents wherever she looks. After she and her husband retire to Miami, she becomes haunted by the memory of her parents and the unexplained death of her beloved mother so long ago. Told in the stirring voices of their parents, their daughters, and themselves, The Ag ero Sisters tells a mesmerizing story about the power of myth to mask, transform, and finally, reveal the truth--as two women move toward an uncertain, long awaited reunion.

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  • "Agüero sisters"@it
  • "Hermanas Aguero"

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  • "Reina and Constancia Ag ero are Cuban sisters who have been estranged for thirty years. Reina--tall, darkly beautiful, and magnetically sexual--still lives in her homeland. Once a devoted daughter of la revoluci n, she now basks in the glow of her many admiring suitors, believing only in what she can grasp with her five senses. The pale and very petite Constancia lives in the United States, a beauty expert who sees miracles and portents wherever she looks. After she and her husband retire to Miami, she becomes haunted by the memory of her parents and the unexplained death of her beloved mother so long ago. Told in the stirring voices of their parents, their daughters, and themselves, The Ag ero Sisters tells a mesmerizing story about the power of myth to mask, transform, and finally, reveal the truth--as two women move toward an uncertain, long awaited reunion."@en
  • "The story of the middle-aged Aguero sisters and how personal tragedy and the legacy of Castro's revolution affect one family's history and collective memory."
  • "The story of two estranged Cuban sisters, one in New York and the other in Havana."
  • "Reina and Constancia Agüero are Cuban sisters who have been estranged for thirty years. Reina--tall, darkly beautiful, and magnetically sexual--still lives in her homeland. Once a devoted daughter of la revolución, she now basks in the glow of her many admiring suitors, believing only in what she can grasp with her five senses. The pale and very petite Constancia lives in the United States, a beauty expert who sees miracles and portents wherever she looks. After she and her husband retire to Miami, she becomes haunted by the memory of her parents and the unexplained death of her beloved mother so long ago. Told in the stirring voices of their parents, their daughters, and themselves, The Agüero Sisters tells a mesmerizing story about the power of myth to mask, transform, and finally, reveal the truth--as two women move toward an uncertain, long awaited reunion."@en
  • "Les deux soeurs Agüero, deux Cubaines, ne se sont pas vues depuis 30 ans. L'une, militante révolutionnaire, est restée à La Havane, tandis que l'autre quittait l'île en 1962 pour faire fortune à Miami. L'heure des retrouvailles approche à leur insu."
  • "Twee Cubaanse zusters die een zeer verschillend leven leiden -de een in Amerika en de ander op Cuba- ontmoeten elkaar na dertig jaar weer in Miami."
  • "Twee Cubaanse vrouwen, zusters, die een zeer verschillend leven leiden- de een in Amerika en de ander op Cuba- ontmoeten elkaar na dertig jaar in Miami."
  • "The story of two Cuban sisters, one living in Cuba, the other in the United States. The novel is at once the tale of a family and of a country, the sisters representing the lot of Cubans who left and those who stayed. Eventually the sisters are re-united on U.S. soil. By the author of Dreaming in Cuban."
  • "Explores the complexities of Cuban American family life in the story of two middle-aged Cuban sisters--one living in Havana, one in New York City--who have been estranged for more than thirty years."@en
  • "The story of two Cuban sisters, one living in Cuba, the other in the United States. The novel is at once the tale of a family and of a country, the sisters representing the lot of Cubans who left and those who stayed. Eventually the sisters are re-united on U.S. soil. By the author of Dreaming in Cuban."@en

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  • "Vertalingen (vorm)"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Verhalend proza"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
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  • "Romans (teksten)"

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  • "De zusters Agüero"
  • "Las hermanas Agüero : [una novela]"
  • "Las hermanas Aguero"
  • "Les soeurs Agüero : roman"
  • "Las hermanas Aguero : una novela"
  • "Agüero sisters"
  • "The Aguero sisters"
  • "Las hermanas Agüero"@es
  • "Las hermanas Agüero"
  • "Le sorelle Agüero"@it
  • "Le sorelle Agüero"
  • "Die Schwestern Agüero : Roman"
  • "The Agüero sisters : a novel"
  • "As irmãs Aguero"
  • "The Aguëro sisters"
  • "Aguero Sisters"@en
  • "Las hermanas Aguero Una Novela"
  • "The Agüero Sisters"
  • "The Agüero sisters"
  • "The Agüero sisters"@en
  • "The Agüero sisters : [a novel]"
  • "Las hermanas Agüero : Agüero Sisters"

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