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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
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It was very interesting hearing someone's first-hand account of what i only watched from afar via news accounts. The book is a weird mix of a kid growing up while, at the same time, caught up in an ideological struggle. I don't understand how someone, having to lie about her life throughout her growing up years, can not be totally screwed up as an adult. There were interesting insights into the life of a revolutionary but i found the ending to be abrupt and anti-climactic.
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A gripping true story that tactfully weaves in the history of Latin America in the 1970s and 80s.
This is a fantastic book that I can't recommend enough to those both interested in, and seeking to learn about, this period in our recent history.
This is a fantastic book that I can't recommend enough to those both interested in, and seeking to learn about, this period in our recent history.
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adventurous
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emotional
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tense
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Oh, what I don't know about history. I love learning this way!
Just re-read this book and still lived it...& looking forward to visiting Chile, Uruguay & Argentina!!
Just re-read this book and still lived it...& looking forward to visiting Chile, Uruguay & Argentina!!
Carmen Aguirre has obviously lived a fascinating life, but despite that this book was not particularly engaging. Having spent most of her life having to keep secrets and pretend to be someone she wasn't, it must have been very cathartic to get it all out. Unfortunately it also makes the book feel a bit more like a blurt than a tale.
There are just too many people and places (dozens of both) to get a clear picture of or feel for any of them. Even Ale, her sister, remains a bit of an enigma. I can understand not wanting to tell someone else's story, but she is the one consistant person in her life and I came away with no sense of her whatsoever.
There are just too many people and places (dozens of both) to get a clear picture of or feel for any of them. Even Ale, her sister, remains a bit of an enigma. I can understand not wanting to tell someone else's story, but she is the one consistant person in her life and I came away with no sense of her whatsoever.
