Beautiful María of my soul : or the true story of María García y Cifuentes, the lady behind a famous song : a novel
Hijuelos, Oscar
Beautiful María of my soul : or the true story of María García y Cifuentes, the lady behind a famous song : a novel / Oscar Hijuelos - 1st ed. - New York : Hyperion , 2010. - 340 p. ; 25 cm.
She's the great Cuban beauty who stole musician Nestor Castillo's heart and broke it, inspiring him to write the Mambo Kings' biggest hit, "Beautiful Maria of my soul." Now in her sixties and living in Miami with her pediatrician daughter, Teresa, Maria remains a beauty, still capable of turning heads. But she has never forgotten Nestor, and as she thinks back to her days--and nights--in Havana, an entirely new perspective on the Mambo Kings story unfolds.
9781401323349
2009035386
Musicians----Fiction
Brothers----Fiction
Cuba----Fiction
Historical fiction
PS3558.I376 / B43 2010
FIC HIJ
Beautiful María of my soul : or the true story of María García y Cifuentes, the lady behind a famous song : a novel / Oscar Hijuelos - 1st ed. - New York : Hyperion , 2010. - 340 p. ; 25 cm.
She's the great Cuban beauty who stole musician Nestor Castillo's heart and broke it, inspiring him to write the Mambo Kings' biggest hit, "Beautiful Maria of my soul." Now in her sixties and living in Miami with her pediatrician daughter, Teresa, Maria remains a beauty, still capable of turning heads. But she has never forgotten Nestor, and as she thinks back to her days--and nights--in Havana, an entirely new perspective on the Mambo Kings story unfolds.
9781401323349
2009035386
Musicians----Fiction
Brothers----Fiction
Cuba----Fiction
Historical fiction
PS3558.I376 / B43 2010
FIC HIJ