miami (fla.)

Waking up in the hospital seriously injured, Giselle reflects on her past choices to evaluate how her friends, her family, and especially her identical twin have defined her existence.

Sergeant Vince Paulo held his best friend's daughter, McKenna, bleeding in his arms as she uttered the name of her murderer and ex-boyfriend, Jamal. That was minutes before a blast made everything go black for vince--forever. Now Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck has been called in to save Jamal from the death penalty.

Carlos Eire describes how he adjusted to life in Miami after moving to the United States with his brother during the Cuban Revolution, discussing his experiences living in a foster home, struggle to learn the English language, cultural assimilation, and other related topics.

Julian's parents, hoping to protect him from the dangers of the turmoil in Cuba, send him to the United States in 1961 as part of Operation Pedro Pan, not realizing that life in a Miami refugee camp holds its own perils.