Author Book Talk & Signing at the Library

Carlos Eire, a professor of history and religious studies at Yale University and author of the National Book Award-winning memoir "Waiting for Snow in Havana," will discuss his new book, "Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy." Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing.

The book recounts operation "Pedro Pan," a 1960-62 airlift that uprooted Cuban children (including 11-year-old Eire), allowing them to escape the Castro regime and come to the United States. Eire discusses his difficult journey, as well as his continued disdain for Castro (and for those in America who have canonized him).