Berta Isabel AriasDr. Berta Isabel Arias emigrated from Havana, Cuba in 1957 and while she lived most of her life in the Chicago area, she now lives on Amelia Island, FL. Although she has been writing short stories and poetry from a very young age, this is her first fll-length novel. Dr. Arias retired in 2009 as a Professor in World Languages and it was through a U.S. licensed academic trip with college students in 2004 to Cuba that she was inspired to write Mango Rain. Read More Read Less