Cristina García, a Cuban-American writer. It concentrates on her early works, The Agüero Sisters and Dreaming in Cuban, which attempted to explore the tragic pasts of female characters. The author explores the issue of which stories endure and which are lost in her subsequent books, Monkey Hunting and A Handbook to Luck. First and best-known book, dreaming in Cuban, explores the difficult pasts and traumatic experiences of Cuban women, shedding light on their divergent views of who they are and where they fit in the world. Perhaps more important than dreaming in Cuban, the Agüero Sisters address the problem of a true past, particularly with regard to collective memory. García's attempt to center the narrative on her male characters and create a closer link between historical events and human tragedies is evident in Monkey Hunting. The textual gaps become more prominent and visible in García's fourth book, A Handbook to Luck. The interpretative connections between these two stories further muddy the waters surrounding supposedly solid ideas like history and truth.