Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir

In this poetic memoir, Margarita Engle recounts growing up as a Cuban-American child during the Cold War, split between her mother's lush tropical island of Cuba and her father's life in Los Angeles. She navigates feelings of loneliness and displacement in Los Angeles, finding solace in books and words while longing for the summers she spends in Cuba. The memoir explores her experience of belonging fully to two cultures while living in two different worlds during a time of political tension.