Eva Fernandez swims to shore and collapses When she awakens she finds herself stranded on a beach in south Texas alone in a foreign land with nothing In 1960 Fidel Castro celebrates his victory over President Batista Not everyone is happy with the outcome Eva and Franco Fernandez make the dangerous choice of escaping to the north to the United States The trip does not go well and the two are separated neither for a time knowing if the other is alive Eva bears the worst of it Eva By Sebastian RobertsI enjoyed reading this book The two main characters Eva and Franco are portrayed quite lovingly I admire Eva s strength and there were times when I thought she was acting out of character though I won t go into detail because I don t want to spoil the reading experience for others Overall this was a good book 203