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"I felt guilty for being the chosen one": Ada Ferrer on her memoir about leaving Cuba

When she fled Cuba, Ada Ferrer's mother took only one of her two children. In her new memoir, <em>Keeper of My Kin</em>, Ferrer grapples with that decision's reverberations across generations of her family.

Published May 30, 2026, 9:08 PM
Updated June 17, 2026, 1:35 AM2.2K
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"I felt guilty for being the chosen one": Ada Ferrer on her memoir about leaving Cuba

'I felt guilty for being the chosen one,' Ada Ferrer's memoir about leaving Cuba

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When she fled Cuba, Ada Ferrer's mother took only one of her two children. In her new memoir, Keeper of My Kin, Ferrer grapples with that decision's reverberations across generations of her family.

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