Next Year in Havana by Cleeton, Chanel 2024 NEUF

A HELLO SUNSHINE x REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK



"A beautiful novel thats full of forbidden passions, family secrets and a lot of courage and sacrifice."-Reese Witherspoon



After the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identity-and unearths a family secret hidden since the revolution...



Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, nineteen-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cubas high society, where she is largely sheltered from the countrys growing political unrest-until she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary...



Miami, 2017. Freelance writer Marisol Ferrera grew up hearing romantic stories of Cuba from her late grandmother Elisa, who was forced to flee with her family during the revolution. Elisas last wish was for Marisol to scatter her ashes in the country of her birth.



Arriving in Havana, Marisol comes face-to-face with the contrast of Cubas tropical, timeless beauty and its perilous political climate. When more family history comes to light and Marisol finds herself attracted to a man with secrets of his own, shell need the lessons of her grandmothers past to help her understand the true meaning of courage.

Chanel Cleeton is the USA Today bestselling author of Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick Next Year in Havana. She received a bachelors degree in International Relations from Richmond, The American International University in London and a masters degree in Global Politics from the London School of Economics & Political Science. Chanel also received her Juris Docto from the University of South Carolina School of Law. She loves to travel and has lived in the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia.