Life as I See It

"Life as I See It" is a memoir of the author Mattie Roig's early childhood years in Cuba during the Cuban Revolution. Filled with humor and fun, the story relates how her family successfully fled to the United States, of having to learn a new language and adjust to a new culture. In Cuba she experienced hardship and hunger, and witnessed the raw brutality of Castro's regime. She often had to hide under blankets in her closet to avoid being taken from her family by Castro's soldiers. In the U.S. she had to overcome a new set of more subtle hardships, even amid plenty and freedom. The main theme of this book is not what she experienced, but more on how the past shapes our lives today -- how we see friends, events, and situations. As you read this book, you will both laugh and cry, and while doing so you will recount your past, and how it has shaped your life.