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Born in Havana in 1950, Carlos Eire was one of fourteen thousand unaccompanied children airlifted out of Cuba by Operation Pedro Pan in the early '60s. Today he is the Yale University Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies. Narrated with the urgency of a confession and reading like a novel, Eire's arresting memoir, Waiting for Snow in Havana, won the 2003 National Book Award. Chosen as the 2007 One Book One Philadelphia featured title, Waiting for Snow in Havana offers readers many opportunities to consider and discuss this year's theme of immigration.