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Beautiful María of my soul : or the true story of María García y Cifuentes, the lady behind a famous song : a novel / Oscar Hijuelos

By:

Hijuelos, Oscar

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Hyperion , 2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: 340 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

9781401323349

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Historical fiction

DDC classification:

FIC HIJ

LOC classification:

PS3558.I376 B43 2010

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC HIJ (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		059421

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.

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