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Deeper than the ocean

"One hundred years after the shipwreck of the Valbanera, known to history as the 'poor man's Titanic, Mara Denis gets an assignment to report on the Canary Islands, where her ancestors lived before they moved to Cuba. Unexpectedly, she discovers that the grandmother her mother cherished was listed a...

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Main Author: Ojito, Mirta A. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Union Square & Co., 2025
Subjects:
Cuban American women > Fiction.
Immigrants > United States > Fiction.
Reporters and reporting > Fiction.
Grandmothers > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
Generations > Fiction.
Canary Islands > Fiction.
Cuba > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
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Summary:"One hundred years after the shipwreck of the Valbanera, known to history as the 'poor man's Titanic, Mara Denis gets an assignment to report on the Canary Islands, where her ancestors lived before they moved to Cuba. Unexpectedly, she discovers that the grandmother her mother cherished was listed among the dead of the Valbanera, years before Mara's mother was even born. This fateful twist changes everything Mara thought she knew about her family and herself, and sends her on a quest to find the truth. If her great grandmother is a ghost, who is she and where did she come from?"--
Physical Description:340 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781454961901
1454961902
Author Notes:Born in Havana, Mirta Ojito is a journalist, professor, and author who has worked at the Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald , and the New York Times . The recipient of an Emmy for the documentary Harvest of Misery as well as a shared Pulitzer for national reporting in 2001 for a series of articles about race in America for the New York Times , Ojito was an assistant professor of journalism at Columbia University for almost nine years. She is the author of two award-winning nonfiction books: Finding Mañana: A Memoir of a Cuban Exodus and Hunting Season: Immigration and Murder in an All-American Town . Currently, Ojito is a senior director on the NBC News Standards team working at Telemundo Network. Deeper than the Ocean is her debut novel.

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