Letters from Cuba by Ruth Behar textbook The Book Smugglers chronicles the

The Book Smugglers chronicles the daring activities of a group of poets turned partisans and scholars turned smugglers in Vilna

and wreaks havoc on the conventional order

and a poignant evocation of a bygone world

returned to Poland to participate in the interwar flourishing of Yiddish culture

Despite all attempts to control their destinies

Letters from Cuba by Ruth Behar textbook The Book Smugglers chronicles theThe situation is getting dire for Jews in Poland on the eve of World War II. Esther's father has fled to Cuba, and she is the first one to join him. It's heartbreaking to be separated from her beloved sister, so Esther promises to write down everything that happens until they're reunited. And she does, recording both the good the kindness of the Cuban people and her discovery of a valuable hidden talent and the bad: the fact that Nazism has found a