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This was a 3.5 read for me.
A profound story of a woman whose participation from a youthful age on the side of the guerillas in a civil war in an unnamed country in Central America highlights the traumas that plague and empower her through the aftermath of wartime.
Superbly translated, the reader is privy to the trial and tribulations of the fraught mother/daughter relationships, the raging patriarchy, cultural norms, and classism that oppress women and stifle their dreams for themselves and their ...more
A profound story of a woman whose participation from a youthful age on the side of the guerillas in a civil war in an unnamed country in Central America highlights the traumas that plague and empower her through the aftermath of wartime.
Superbly translated, the reader is privy to the trial and tribulations of the fraught mother/daughter relationships, the raging patriarchy, cultural norms, and classism that oppress women and stifle their dreams for themselves and their ...more
Dec 18, 2021
Anna Ruth FL
rated it
it was amazing
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The author's choice of using unnamed characters made it a little tough to follow in the beginning, but it is a powerful strategy. Gives a glimpse into the lives of the combatants in the civil war and its aftermath.
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Dec 18, 2024
Lizzy Siddal (Lizzy’s Literary Life)
marked it as to-read
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Aug 01, 2025
Tony
marked it as to-read-own
