Tía Fortuna's New Home
  • Published: 25 April 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593172414
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $45.00

Tía Fortuna's New Home

A Jewish Cuban Journey

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A poignant multicultural ode to family and what it means to create a home as one girl helps her Tía move away from her beloved Miami apartment.

A poignant multicultural ode to family and what it means to create a home as one girl helps her Tía move away from her beloved Miami apartment.

When Estrella's Tía Fortuna has to say goodbye to her longtime Miami apartment building, The Seaway, to move to an assisted living community, Estrella spends the day with her. Tía explains the significance of her most important possessions from both her Cuban and Jewish culture, as they learn to say goodbye together and explore a new beginning for Tía.

A lyrical book about tradition, culture, and togetherness, Tía Fortuna's New Home explores Tía and Estrella's Sephardic Jewish and Cuban heritage. Through Tía's journey, Estrella will learn that as long as you have your family, home is truly where the heart is.
  • Published: 25 April 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593172414
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $45.00
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Praise for Tía Fortuna's New Home

“A beautiful tribute to home, family, and traditions.”
—Margarita Engle, Pura Belpré Award–winning and Newbery Honor–winning author
 
“Good fortune to the readers of this wise tale.”
—Sandra Cisneros, author of Hairs/Pelitos
 
“A beautiful and heartful reminder that home is not merely where we live, but rather, everything that lives within us.”
—Richard Blanco, 2013 Presidential Inaugural Poet, author of How to Love a Country
 
"Tía Fortuna's New Home is a story of love and fortitude across generations and across a sea that brings those who are always from somewhere else like Tía Fortuna herself. Ruth Behar with lyricism and enchantment has given all of us a radiant gem where the ancient past and future encounter one another with a welcoming hope." -- Marjorie Agosin, author of I Lived on Butterfly Hill