Margarita Engle grew up a child of two worlds--Los Angeles during the school year, Cuba, her mother's island home, in the summers. However, when the Bay of Pigs event happens, Margarita finds her two worlds, the U.S. and Cuba, meeting in the worst way possible. In this memoir, Margarita Engle relates how she saw the events of these times and how they have shaped her as a poet.