Dreaming in Cuban is a novel written by Cuban-American author, Cristina García, and was first published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1992. The novel spans three generations of a family as they migrate from Cuba to the United States.
The story begins with the ordeals of a young Cuban woman, Celia, as she struggles to come to terms with losing the love of her life. Instead, she marries a selfish man and gives birth to her children, Lourdes and Felicia, leading to a host of problems in their mother-daughter relationship. These problems then transcend to her children’s lives, with Lourdes’s own daughter, Pilar, making a series of poor choices throughout her life. The family struggles to come together over their lifetime, bringing into question many of their relationships with each other.
This book was well-received, being nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction in 1992. The New York Times Book Review stated it was "Poignant and perceptive . . . It tells of a family divided politically and geographically by the Cuban revolution . . . The realism is exquisite."
