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My Mother in Havana

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A daughter's search for her deceased mother brings her face to face with the gods & ghosts & saints of Cuba

Writing with a physicality of language that moves like the body in dance, Rebe Huntman, a poet, choreographer, and dancer, embarks on a pilgrimage into the mysteries of the gods and saints of Cuba and their larger spiritual view of the Mother. Huntman offers a window into the extraordinary world of Afro-Cuban gods and ghosts and the dances and rituals that call them forth. As she explores the memory of her own mother, interlacing it with her search for the sacred feminine, Huntman leads us into a world of séance and sacrifice, pilgrimage and sacred dance, which resurrect her mother and bring Huntman face to face with a larger version of herself.

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Praise for My Mother in Havana

"My Mother in Havana lifts the veil between the living and the dead and makes believers of us all...This is a stunning debut."  

~ Lee Martin, author of the Pulitzer Prize Finalist, The Bright Forever

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My Mother in Havana

Book Club Discussion & Reader's Guide

My name is Alexa Young

Questions to mull over alone or with a group; suggestions for summoning the spirits; Cuban cocktail/mocktail recipes & more!

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Join me on the My Mother in Havana book launch tour 🧭

Check out my events page for all the stops; I can’t think of anything more celebratory than looking out into the audience and seeing your face!

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