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Tomorrow They Will Kiss: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Eduardo Santiago
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 488336
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0316014125
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780316014120
ASIN: 0316014125
Publication Date: July 3, 2006
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Day after day she works a conveyor belt in a New Jersey toy factory, assembling baby dolls and watching them roll awayto be packaged and delivered into the loving arms of their new owners. And every night before she falls asleep Graciela prays for the same deliveranceto find the loving arms of a man who can help her forget the sins of her past and the haunting memory of her homeland. But how can she forget when she lives among the ghosts of that little Cuban town? With Caridad and Imperiotwo women Graciela has known since girlhoodby her side in the factory, it seems shell never be free of her past, never able to pursue the chance at true love that she finds quite unexpectedly in the cold, New Jersey winter. Written with buoyant humor and a sharp sense of human desire, TOMORROW THEY WILL KISS is a story of love pursued at any cost, of how friendship and history unite us for better or worse, and of the hope for that redemptive kiss capable of reconciling estranged lovers and countries.
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brilliant narrative March 29, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Tomorrow They Will Kiss is a brilliantly crafted novel told in first person narrative by three Cuban-Americans who endure the hardships of minimum wage factory jobs in Union City, New Jersey. They make dolls, or most of the dolls, but are never allowed to attach the heads. The doll is a very interesting metaphor for a novel that reveals just how broken people become when they face what many did when they were forced to leave Cuba for a not always friendly America. I truly adore these story-telling characters: Graciela, Caridad, and Imperio. Often Cuban-American writers indulge themselves in self-pity. That is not what Eduardo Santiago has done at all. Naturally Mr. Santiago has an anti-Castro bias, but the politics of Cuba stays in the background as the three women command the stage, telling not only her own story but telling the stories of the other two as well. And, of course, they tell the stories of the other Cuban-American women working in the doll factory. First person narrative is difficult to master. Most men, in my opinion, do poorly when they try to capture the real voices of women. Not so in this novel. This is a novel that I truly didn't want to end. I only wish there were a sequel.
One of the best latin novels ever!!!! March 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For as long as I can remember, I have always been a voracious reader. For maybe even longer than that, I have had a passion for reading novels written with a Latin American context. I absolutely loved this book from beginning to end. It takes you into two different worlds, worlds that collide and coincide, intertwining the two worlds along the way. A young Cuban woman, exiled in her own community in Cuba and again in New Jersey, by the same community. She holds herself with a quiet dignity that irritates her fellow Cubans, who grew up with her in her homeland.
This book is about mistakes made and forgiveness sought, but not at a price of humility. A great read!!
A MUST-READ!! January 18, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Santiago takes you back to 1960's Union City and Cuba via the lives pre and post Castro of three strong women, each with her own perception of life, love and war. I began reading the novel on a plane and devoured it in one sitting - I strongly recommend it!
A very entertaining book. January 12, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
It is hard to imagine that this book was written by a man. I really got some good laughs reading some passages in this book; but it also deals with some not so funny issues of people following a path of not of their choosing and forced to make difficult decisions. I really enjoyed reading this book. I would strongly recommend it!
You will love Eduardo Santiago's TOMORROW THEY WILL KISS ! December 26, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
EDUARDO SANTIAGO, in my opinion, eventually will win the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished fiction by an American author, and he may be the next writer of Cuban descent to do so. TOMORROW THEY WILL KISS is right up there with other Pulitzer Prize winners. Santiago is young, and he has talent and dedication. And so it is, I believe, a matter of time.
Graciela, Caridad and Imperio--Cuban women in exile--work in a doll factory in New Jersey. Santiago segues back to Cuba throughout the novel, so we can see the life they left during the Cuban Revolution and understand what they're up against in the U.S. Graciela deals with her frustrations just like American women do--by losing herself in TV soap operas.
Conjure up for me the older American who has never escaped into radio soaps, including the one that asked the question, "Can this girl from the little mining town in the West find happiness as the wife of a wealthy and titled Englishman?" (OUR GAL SUNDAY in the 1940s.) Find me the younger American who has never lost herself in THE GUIDING LIGHT, ALL MY CHILDREN, or DALLAS.
Like these beloved sagas, Santiago's TOMORROW THEY WILL KISS will capture your interest, make you laugh, challenge your beliefs, and break your heart.
TOMORROW THEY WILL KISS is a great read, and I can almost guarantee you will love it. You will love it because in this novel you will find not only yourself, but also your parents, your cousins, and the friends you grew up with. One of the things I admire about this writer is his ability to make people from a culture entirely different from mine seem just like folks I have always known.
And ladies, you are in for a treat, because this is a novel by that rarity in the male-dominated world of great literature: a male writer who truly understands women and appreciates us, in spite of the faults--if any--we may have.
Buy this book and read it soon. You will laugh, cry, and delight in your discovery of EDUARDO SANTIAGO, a man who is becoming one of the great writers of our time.
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