Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir

Margarita Engle recounts growing up with a Cuban mother and an American father. As a child, she feels more at ease when visiting her mother’s relatives in Cuba during the 1950s. In the 1960s, the Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, and travel ban separate the family from the place and people they cherish. This poetic memoir explores her childhood between two countries during political tension between Cuba and the United States.