{"product_id":"kissing-fidel-magda-montiel-davis-9781609387266","title":"Kissing Fidel: A Memoir of Cuban American Terrorism in the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be instantly transformed into the most hated person in your community? After meeting Fidel Castro at a Havana reception in 1994, Cuban-born Magda Montiel Davis, founder of one of the largest immigration law firms in South Florida, soon found out. The reception--attended by hundreds of other Cuban  migr s--was videotaped for historical archives. In a seconds-long clip, Fidel pecks the traditional protocol kiss on Montiel Davis's cheek as she thanks him for the social benefits conferred upon the Cuban people. The video, however, was mysteriously sold to U.S. reporters and aired incessantly throughout South Florida. Soon the encounter was an international cause c l bre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife as she knew it was over for Montiel Davis and her family, including a father who worked with the CIA to topple Fidel, a \u003ci\u003enohablo-ingl s\u003c\/i\u003e mother who lived with the family, her five children, and her Jewish Brooklyn-born attorney husband. \u003ci\u003eKissing Fidel\u003c\/i\u003e shares the sometimes dismal, sometimes comical realities of an ordinary citizen being thrown into a world of death threats, mob attacks, and terrorism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Magda Montiel Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609387260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609387266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Magda Montiel Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044668207359,"sku":"9781609387266","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1976ddd1-789d-4e21-9432-3e8b05b2617c.jpg?v=1684974183","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kissing-fidel-magda-montiel-davis-9781609387266","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}