{"product_id":"the-orphan","title":"The Orphan","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver 14,000 children comprised the exodus of unaccompanied minors from Cuba soon after the communist revolution of 1959. I was one of those children, one of the youngest at age 6. This is my true story, as told through the eyes of a child.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe story is described chronologically, starting with our affluent life in Havana, then upon being exiled, how I wound up at a cloistered convent for orphans where physical abuse was as much a part of the rituals as praying. When authorities closed the convent I was adopted by a large family where I labored for years until my parents escaped from Cuba.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eThough reunited at last with my parents, painfully difficult years followed as we attempted in vain to become a family once again. The many years of separation from my parents and abuse forged the basis for a life of both abandonment and success.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mario Ramon Sanchez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44213911322785,"sku":"9781365866999","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/17ekm7qr-front-shortedge-384_8ec3c378-1fd9-4c41-a5e3-526730d37aea.jpg?v=1748325396","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/the-orphan","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}