Christina Gonzalez presents and signs The Red Umbrella

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695 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101
Tel: 626-449-5320
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Christina Gonzalez presents and signs The Red Umbrella

Start: 07/31/2010 6:30 pm

Location:

Street:: Vroman's Bookstore
Additional:: 695 E. Colorado Blvd
City:: Pasadena
Province:: California
Postal Code:: 91101
Country:: United States

The Red Umbrella is the moving tale of a 14-year-old girl's journey from Cuba to America as part of Operation Pedro Pan, an organized exodus of more than 14,000 unaccompanied children, whose parents sent them away at the beginning of the revolution. Suddenly plunked down in Nebraska with well-meaning strangers, Lucía struggles to adapt to a new country, a new language, and a new way of life. But will she ever see her home or her parents again?