Mona Passage (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780815611394)

Mona Passage is the story of two neighbors in San Juan, Puerto Rico: Gal疣 Betances, a Cuban emigrant, and Pat McAllister, a young Coast Guard officer. During long evenings spent together talking on their Calle Luna rooftop, a deep friendship develops based on shared traumas and a common desire to heal. When Gal疣 learns that his sister, Gabriela, is going to be committed to a mental health facility in Cuba, he plans her escape to Puerto Rico. Pat, whose Coast Guard cutter patrols the Mona Passage for drug traffickers and migrants, warns Gal疣 that such a journey will be treacherous--perhaps fatal. Aware of the dangers but determined for Gabriela to live a full life, Gal疣 hands over all the money he has to a Dominican smuggler based out of a San Juan nightclub, and Gabriela begins her terrifying journey.

Knowing that his cutter may be all that separates Gal疣 and Gabriela--and haunted by the human suffering he has witnessed at sea--Pat must decide. Will he remain true to his oath, as his older brother had done in Iraq? Or will he risk his own future--and perhaps his freedom--for his closest friend?

On a moonless night, two armed vessels converge in the Mona Passage, and three lives change forever.

Author: Thomas Bardenwerper
ISBN-10: 0815611390
ISBN-13: 9780815611394
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/28/2021
Pages: 298
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 12.85h x 9.27w x 0.86d