Senator’s Autobiography To Detail Boyhood ‘Shattered’ In Cuba

Mon, July 07, 2008 - 5:14 PM

WASHINGTON – The publisher of Florida Sen. Mel Martinez' soon-to-be-released autobiography has posted an on-line synopsis that reads like a thriller.

In fact, the book is described as “a riveting account of innocence lost, exile sustained by religious faith, and an immigrant’s gritty determination to overcome the barriers of language and culture in his adopted homeland.”

It was with “a hail of bullets” says the summary, that the “idyllic Cuba of his boyhood was shattered.”

“A Sense of Belonging” written by the Republican Martinez and New York City-based writer Ed Breslin is published by Crown Forum, among several books this year from members of Congress. The book is being released in its initial 256-page hardcover form on Aug. 5, at $26.95. The subtitle: “From Castro's Cuba to the U.S. Senate, One Man's Pursuit of the American Dream.”

The full synopsis from the publisher can be read here.

-- Billy House