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      Dirty Blonde and Half-Cuban

      by Lisa Wixon
      Published
      May 2005
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      272
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      Based on the wildly popular, semi-autobiographical "Havana Honey" series published by Salon.com, Dirty Blonde and Half-Cuban is a gritty portrait of one woman's determination to infiltrate modern Cuba and find the father she has never known.

      While on her search, privileged American Alysia Briggs ends up broke and alone in Havana. She's then forced to adopt the life of the jineteras -- educated Cuban women who supplement a desperate income by accommodating sex tourists.

      With an eye for detail and a razor wit, Lisa Wixon relates Alysia's journey and creates a love song to Cuba, a heartfelt tribute to a resilient people facing soul-numbing poverty in a land where M.D.s and Ph.D.s earn $18 a month, and a pair of jeans costs twice as much.

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      Jan 2006 Rayo ISBN13 9780060721756 ISBN10 0060721758
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      First Edition Jan 2005 Rayo ISBN13 9780060721749 ISBN10 006072174X
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