ABCNEWS: Oscar Hijuelos Pens Memoir on Search for Identity

Thoughts Without Cigarettes: A Memoir (Gotham Books), by Oscar Hijuelos: In his novels, Pulitzer Prize winner Oscar Hijuelos captures the loss and triumphs of Cuban immigrants in tales of displaced dreams, lovelorn beauties and eternal music. Now he turns the pen to his story, the inspiration for many of his characters, and a candid, often heartbreaking portrait that reveals another layer of the Cuban experience in America.