Isabel’s grandmother. (“Lita” is short for abuelita, meaning “grandmother.”) Lita dies two years prior to the beginning of Isabel’s story. Isabel had been staying with her and Lito when an enormous cyclone hit, and their shack was swept out to sea. Lita slipped beneath the waves and drowned in the water.
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Lita Character Timeline in Refugee
The timeline below shows where the character Lita appears in Refugee. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Isabel: The Straits of Florida, Somewhere North of Cuba – 1994, 1 day from home (3)
...find him. Isabel spots him in the water for a second. She remembers her grandmother, Lita, disappearing under the waves in the same way two years earlier, and immediately dives in...
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Isabel: Somewhere on the Straits of Florida – 1994, 2 days from home
In the storm, Isabel thinks about the last time she saw Lita, her grandmother. Isabel had been nine years old, and she was staying with Lita and...
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