Hijuelos, Oscar <br/><br/>
Empress of the splendid season 
/ Oscar Hijuelos 
 - First edition 
 - 342 pages 
<br/><br/> In 1940s New York, a rich man's daughter from Cuba falls in love with a waiter. They marry, have children and when he falls ill and is unable to work, she becomes the sole breadwinner, working as a cleaning woman. But one day her cleaning job will bring luck. By the author of Mr. Ives' Christmas. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0060175702 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cuban American women--Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Domestic fiction
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>Fic