In Cuba's "special period in times of peace" of 1991, Liana and Amado find love after their severe hunger gives both courage to risk government retribution by skipping a summer of labor to seek food. Told in their two voices plus that of the stray dog that brought them together.
year: 2022
call number/section: 1000
subjects: starvation, juvenile fiction, dogs, families, cuba, fiction, love, family life, spanish language materials, spanish language, cuba, history, 20th century, juvenile fiction, fiction, romance fiction, novels in verse