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Cecilia Samartin

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born

September 23, 1961 in Havana, Cuba

gender

female

genre

Literature & Fiction

influences

My grandfather who was an amazing story teller, The Bronte sisters, Gr...more

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December 2007

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I was born in Cuba at the height of the revolution. My family left when I was nine months old so I have no memories of my own, although I "borrowed" countless memories from my parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.
I grew up in a quiet Los Angeles suburb and secretly dreamed of becoming a writer, but after high school I decided to study psychology instead and became a marriage and family therapist. I'm glad I did because my experience as a therapist is what finally inspired me to face my fears, and embrace my dream of becoming a writer.
Most of my clients over the years have been immigrants like me so many of my stories reflect the themes of lost homeland, and the search for meaning/identity in a new world.
I think of myself m...more

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Books by Cecilia Samartin

Average rating: 3.96 · 660 ratings · 115 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Broken Paradise 4.07 avg rating — 315 ratings — published 2004 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Tarnished Beauty: A Novel 3.82 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Ghost Heart 3.90 avg rating — 52 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Mofongo 4.04 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Vigil: A Novel 3.79 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Drømmehjerte 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Beleza Atormentada 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:

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October 2009, Cecilia Samartin
" Quick Start SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words? CS: Faith, family, work, and a commitment to laughter. SS: What is your motto or maxim? CS: Dare to dream What Readers want to know... SS: How would you describe perfect happiness? CS..." ...More

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Cecilia Samartin is now friends with Maria
Aug 21, 2009 07:07am
Cecilia Samartin liked L's review of Vigil: " Vigil was in one word Amazing! In the first pages you will meet a woman, Ana who is sitting vigil by her dying husband's bedside. Along the way she is taken back to her impoverished beginnings in war torn El Salvador. Ana is such a memorable, insp... " Read more of this review »
Aug 05, 2009 11:03am · see review
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Cecilia Samartin marked as to-read: Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson	My rating:
May 11, 2009 06:41am
Cecilia Samartin marked as to-read: The Shack by W. Paul Young	My rating:
May 11, 2009 06:41am
Cecilia Samartin added: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë	My rating:
My favorite book of all time!!
May 09, 2009 11:55am · see review
Cecilia Samartin added: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd	My rating:
I was spellbound by the characters, and the setting/atmosphere. It would've been perfect if the dilineation between good and bad weren't so racially divided. I don't think that's true to life, but I would still highly recommend this book to adults an...more
May 09, 2009 11:54am · see review