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100 1 $aMartinez, Mel,$d1946-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002021620
245 12 $aA sense of belonging :$bfrom Castro's Cuba to the U.S. Senate, one man's pursuit of the American dream /$cMel Martinez ; with Ed Breslin.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bCrown Forum,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $ax, 240 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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505 00 $tPrologue: Departures and Arrivals -- $gCh. 1.$tHomeland -- $gCh. 2.$tRevolution -- $gCh. 3.$tExit Strategy -- $gCh. 4.$tExile -- $gCh. 5.$tHomecoming -- $gCh. 6.$tCrisis -- $gCh. 7.$tGraduation -- $gCh. 8.$tA New Course -- $gCh. 9.$tReunion -- $gCh. 10.$tOwnership -- $gCh. 11.$tTurning Points -- $gCh. 12.$tKitty -- $gCh. 13.$tNew Homes -- $gCh. 14.$tMargarita -- $gCh. 15.$tServing -- $gCh. 16.$tWashington -- $tEpilogue: Dreams.
520 1 $a"A Sense of Belonging is the riveting account of innocence lost, exile sustained by religious faith, and an immigrant's gritty determination to overcome the barriers of language and culture in his adopted homeland. Martinez warmly recalls a bucolic childhood in Cuba, playing baseball, fishing at the beach, and accompanying his father on veterinary visits to neighboring farms. He also vividly recounts the harrowing changes under Castro that forced him to flee, as well as the arduous years he spent in American refugee camps and foster homes. And he captures the sheer joy of being reunited with his family after four years of wrenching separation. Having embraced life in America, he set about the delicate task of guiding his parents through their struggles with assimilation while also building his own family and career." "Through it all, Martinez embodies the ideal of service to others, whether comforting a younger child on the flight from Havana to Miami or giving legal advice pro bono to his father's friends in the Cuban-American community. Though his story ends in the hallowed halls of the U.S. Capitol, Martinez has never forgotten the boy who experienced the loss of liberty under Communism. A Sense of Belonging is a paean to the transformative power of the American Dream."--BOOK JACKET.
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