';Part love story, part mystery, this engrossing tale of Cuban-Canadian connections ... gets to the heart of what can happen when we cross borders.' Karen Dubinsky, author ofCuba Beyond the Beach Eli Cooper is a resolutely single, fifty-something newspaper copy editor. He spends his nights obsessing over reporters' unnecessary ';thats' and his days caring for a demented father he knows should be in twenty-four-hour care. Eli is too busyand too self-absorbedto acknowledge what's missing in his life. But then, on a single day in February 2008, Eli loses his job and his father. Alone and adrift, he begrudgingly accepts his sister's gift: a two-week forget-it-all vacation to Cuba. After a series of misadventures, he meets Marielaan off-the-books, thirtysomething tour guideand falls in love. But does Mariela fall for Eli, or is he just her ticket to a new life? Eli and Mariela each have secrets they're not ready to shareuntil they have no choice. A bittersweet story that takes readers from Havana, to Halifax, to Miami, and back again,The Sweetness in the Limeis a charming, clever novel that peels back the rind to discover there really is sweetness in the lime of life. ';A quietly powerful novelpoignant with the sorrow of great loss, uplifting with the joy of discovery.' The Miramichi Reader ';A tense, honest and moving tale of latter-life love in the time of post-colonial globalization. You won't want to put it down.' Chris Benjamin, author ofBoy With a Problem ';A story about home, friendship, loss and new beginnings; about second chances and the power of loyalty and abiding love.' Carmen Rodrguez, author ofAtacama

';Part love story, part mystery, this engrossing tale of Cuban-Canadian connections ... gets to the heart of what can happen when we cross borders.' Karen Dubinsky, author ofCuba Beyond the Beach Eli Cooper is a resolutely single, fifty-something newspaper copy editor. He spends his nights obsessing over reporters' unnecessary ';thats' and his days caring for a demented father he knows should be in twenty-four-hour care. Eli is too busyand too self-absorbedto acknowledge what's missing in his life. But then, on a single day in February 2008, Eli loses his job and his father. Alone and adrift, he begrudgingly accepts his sister's gift: a two-week forget-it-all vacation to Cuba. After a series of misadventures, he meets Marielaan off-the-books, thirtysomething tour guideand falls in love. But does Mariela fall for Eli, or is he just her ticket to a new life? Eli and Mariela each have secrets they're not ready to shareuntil they have no choice. A bittersweet story that takes readers from Havana, to Halifax, to Miami, and back again,The Sweetness in the Limeis a charming, clever novel that peels back the rind to discover there really is sweetness in the lime of life. ';A quietly powerful novelpoignant with the sorrow of great loss, uplifting with the joy of discovery.' The Miramichi Reader ';A tense, honest and moving tale of latter-life love in the time of post-colonial globalization. You won't want to put it down.' Chris Benjamin, author ofBoy With a Problem ';A story about home, friendship, loss and new beginnings; about second chances and the power of loyalty and abiding love.' Carmen Rodrguez, author ofAtacama



Eli Cooper is a resolutely single, fiftysomething newspaper copy editor. He spends his nights obsessing over reporters' unnecessary "thats" and his days caring for a demented father he knows should be in twenty-four-hour care. Eli is too busy—and too self-absorbed—to acknowledge what's missing in his life. But then, on a single day in February 2008, Eli loses his job and his father. Alone and adrift, he begrudgingly accepts his sister's gift: a two-week forget-it-all vacation to Cuba. After a series of misadventures, he meets Mariela—an off-the-books, thirtysomething tour guide—and falls in love. But does Mariela fall for Eli, or is he just her ticket to a new life? Eli and Mariela each have secrets they're not ready to share—until they have no choice.

A bittersweet story that takes readers from Havana, to Halifax, to Miami, and back again, The Sweetness in the Lime is a charming, clever novel that peels back the rind to discover there really is sweetness in the lime of life.