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Keeper of My Kin

by Ada Ferrer

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Book of the Day, NPR · June 10, 2026

In 'Keeper of My Kin,' Ada Ferrer struggles with being her mother's "chosen one"

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A memoir by Ada Ferrer about the weight of family separation stemming from the Cuban Revolution, when her mother was forced to leave her 9-year-old brother behind while fleeing Havana for New York, and the burden of being 'the chosen one' who was taken along.

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