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so good, part 2. inspiring story, inspiring story of a revolutionary/national liberation movement that actually *worked* (could use more of those) while still being critical (could use more of that too), and an amazing life.
i have a blog post brewing re "immigrant stories," and the value or lack thereof of collections of immigrants stories put together, distilled, and edited by non-immigrant privileged american dudes as they see fit...having just read two great first-hand stories. there are so m ...more
i have a blog post brewing re "immigrant stories," and the value or lack thereof of collections of immigrants stories put together, distilled, and edited by non-immigrant privileged american dudes as they see fit...having just read two great first-hand stories. there are so m ...more

It was so hard to get through this book. While her story is rather interesting, I just had a hard time with Belli's prose and narration.
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Sep 01, 2007
Logan
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it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
latin-america,
memoirs

Sep 26, 2008
Ching-In
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Keeley
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