Three area libraries, Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth, Freedom Public Library, and Madison Library, are pleased to present a Zoom presentation and discussion with Ana Hebra Flaster, author of “Property of the Revolution: From a Cuban Barrio to a New Hampshire Mill Town,” on Wednesday, April 1 at 6:00 p.m. online via Zoom.
Ana Hebra Flaster was nearly six when her family fled Cuba and settled in Nashua, New Hampshire. After graduating from Smith College and enjoying a career in software consulting, she began her writing career. Her writing about Cuba and Cuban Americans has appeared in the The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and elsewhere. Her commentaries and storytelling have aired on NPR’s All Things Considered and PBS’s Stories from the Stage.
“Property of the Revolution,” Hebra Flaster’s first book, won first place in the 2025 Discovery Book Awards (nonfiction overall) and The International Book Awards (historical nonfiction), and was named Best Memoir in Library Journal’s Indie Author Project Awards. It is also in the finalist position for the CIBA Journey Award and the Foreword Indies Book of the Year Awards (multicultural). The book is available in three format: print, ebook, and audiobook narrated by the author.
One reviewer of Hebra Flaster’s book noted “If you think Cubans in the diaspora have only looked to Miami to find their new homes, this book will take you on a very different Cuban journey: to New Hampshire. … A compelling and beautiful memoir, read it to gain a capacious view of what it means to be both Cuban and American and to understand the hurt and hope of those whose ideals of revolution were betrayed.”
The program will feature a slideshow presentation by the author followed by a time for questions and answers. Ana Hebra Flaster will cover the revolution briefly and the many changes it brought, her family’s struggles as opponents of the regime, how they left, and the journey to becoming Cuban American in New Hampshire. Participants need not to have read the book before the presentation, but for those wishing to read “Property of the Revolution” before the program, Cook Memorial Library, Freedom Public Library, and Madison Library have copies available to lend.
This program is free and open to the virtual public. It will not be recorded. To attend the program, register for the Zoom link at https://bit.ly/authortalk4-1-26. This presentation is made possible by the support of the sponsoring libraries’ Friends groups.
For more information or with questions, contact Mary Cronin at the Cook Memorial Library, 603-323-8510.