{"product_id":"the-lost-apple-isbn-9780807002339","title":"The Lost Apple","description":"From 1960 to 1962, 14,048 Cuban minors arrived in Miami. María de los Angeles Torres was six years old when she took part in this massive airlift-now known as Operation Pedro Pan-in which parents, terrified that the new communist government would ship their children to Soviet work camps, sent them instead to America. Torres examines the event from both a historical and a personal perspective. This 'relentless investigator of history' (Miami Herald) forces declassification of key documents, challenging us all finally to come to terms with this pivotal yet largely neglected exodus.'Although there are many books by and about the Pedro Pans, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Apple\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the best. Torres manages to keep a healthy historical balance in a tricky political landscape, never losing her footing along the way . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Apple\u003c\/i\u003e moves along like a good novel [and] Torres even makes politics come alive.'--Susan Fernandez, \u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A thoughtful, balanced addition to the frequently contentious scholarship on U.S.-Cuban history.'--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Deeply felt and impressively researched, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Apple\u003c\/i\u003e undertakes the difficult work of reconciliation-between parents and children, exiles and revolutionaries, the Cuba of yesterday and the Cuba of today.'--Gustavo PÈrez Firmat, author of \u003ci\u003eLife on the Hyphen: The Cuban-American Way\u003c\/i\u003eA frequent media commentator on Cuba-U.S. relations, María de los Angeles Torres is associate professor of political science at DePaul University and author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eIn the Land of Mirrors: Cuban Exile Politics in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301144940773,"sku":"NP9780807002339","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807002339.jpg?v=1767740315","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-lost-apple-isbn-9780807002339","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}