The Eternal Forest: A Memoir of the Cuban Diaspora with Elena Sheppard

Poetic, spellbinding, and deeply human—experience the Sheppard family’s generational journey of exile from Cuba to Miami and beyond. The first of her family to be born in the U.S., Elena Sheppard tells a powerful story of leaving and remembering, the Cuban Revolution and its diaspora. Through a spellbinding blend of cultural myth, historical texts, and personal narrative, The Eternal Forest seeks to understand the nature of inheritance, how trauma and memory are passed down through generations.