The Taste of Sugar by Marisel Vera

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/221421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Taste of Sugar Author: Marisel Vera Narrator: Kyla García Format: mp3 Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins Release date: 12-08-20 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 81 ratings Genres: Latino American Publisher's Summary: It is 1898, and groups of starving Puerto Ricans, los hambrientos, roam the parched countryside and dusty towns begging for food. Under the yoke of Spanish oppression, the Caribbean island is forced to prepare to wage war with the United States. Up in the mountainous coffee region of Utuado, Vicente Vega and Valentina Sanchez labor to keep their small farm from the creditors. When the Spanish-American War and the great San Ciriaco Hurricane of 1899 bring devastating upheaval, the young couple is lured, along with thousands of others, to the sugar plantations of Hawaii.