I didn't realize until I finished listening to this audiobook that it was based on a true story and what a remarkable one it is!

Estelita Rodriguez lived a life that seems like it could have been the subject of one of the movies she starred in - leaving Cuba as a young girl to pursue a singing and acting career in the U.S., she found some success but also had to rescue her daughter who was kidnapped by her father and was imprisoned with her family by Fidel Castro when she returned to her home before dying mysteriously before she turned 40.

Each chapter alternates between the POV of Estelita and her daughter, Nina, and I loved both narrators. The author interviewed Nina and this access gives the story details that really bring the story to life. This is a unique take on historical fiction that mixes tales from old Hollywood with the Cuban Revolution and family drama - I highly recommend it.