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It's a very well written and readable story, I just flew between the pages. But the subject matter is shocking, it's horrible to think that girls and their mother have to fear things like that. It's an important story to read.
At the back of the book there is an essay by the author telling how she spent 10 years doing research about the subject. I did know about how the Cartels kill and kidnap women, but I never knew to which extent. And it does make it more terrible, and it makes it into the kind of book you should listen to.
Ladydi grows up in a world of women. The men are either dead, or have left for the US. She lives in a world of scorpions, heat and the constant threat of being taken. If there is a pretty girl on a mountain someone will be told and they will be stolen. First she pretends she is a boy and when she gets older her mother makes her as ugly as she can. No one wants to steal an ugly girl. Rubbing chili on your face, painting your teeth black, cutting of your hair. Anything to be safe. And if that does not work you can always hide in a hole when they come for you. Women are stolen. Children are stolen.
And it is not like the girls and women are the only one in danger. Someone has to wait 8 years for an operation cos doctors dare not come. They will get kidnapped too and need an escort of soldiers. No teacher wants to live there either and they change every year. It is a dangerous land ruled by the narcos. And the cops are just as bad.
The government is no better. They want to ruin the poppy plantations and the pilots are scared of going to close so they just dump poison nearby, on civilians.
Now why do they not just leave? Right, to where? They still love this land ruled by corruption and the cartels.
This is then her story as she grows up and well I will not spoil it. It's not n easy life and I am both fascinated and horrified. I feel sorry for all women.
Narrator Justine Eyre
I do like her and she does great job
Ladydi grows up in a world of women. The men are either dead, or have left for the US. She lives in a world of scorpions, heat and the constant threat of being taken. If there is a pretty girl on a mountain someone will be told and they will be stolen. First she pretends she is a boy and when she gets older her mother makes her as ugly as she can. No one wants to steal an ugly girl. Rubbing chili on your face, painting your teeth black, cutting of your hair. Anything to be safe. And if that does not work you can always hide in a hole when they come for you. Women are stolen. Children are stolen.
And it is not like the girls and women are the only one in danger. Someone has to wait 8 years for an operation cos doctors dare not come. They will get kidnapped too and need an escort of soldiers. No teacher wants to live there either and they change every year. It is a dangerous land ruled by the narcos. And the cops are just as bad.
The government is no better. They want to ruin the poppy plantations and the pilots are scared of going to close so they just dump poison nearby, on civilians.
Now why do they not just leave? Right, to where? They still love this land ruled by corruption and the cartels.
This is then her story as she grows up and well I will not spoil it. It's not n easy life and I am both fascinated and horrified. I feel sorry for all women.
Narrator Justine Eyre
I do like her and she does great job
Šią knygą tikrai mačiau ne vienas iš #bookstagram bendruomenės jau yra skaitęs. Mačiau begales gerų šios knygos įvertinimų, po to radau begales vidutiniškų. Knyga imiausi skaityti tik dėl tų pirminių gerųjų rekomendacijų, taip pat labai patiko viršelis ir pati istorija sudomino. Knyga manęs nesudomino tiek kokius jai lūkesčius buvau išsikėlusi. Patiko įvairūs faktai apie jų kultūrą. Aišku knyga nenustebino, juk tas smurtas ir skurdas joje aprašytas nėra jokia naujiena, kaip bebūtų gaila to. Tačiau pati knyga parašyta gana chaotiškai, norėjosi vientisos istorijos, o čia vietomis vis išlysdavo kokia siužetinė linija neturinti jokio bendro konteksto. Iš knygos tikėjausi merginų pasakojimų, taip tų, kurios buvo pagrobtos, tačiau jos knygoje liko kažkur tai antrame plane. O manau turėjo būti joms suteikta pirmenybė. Na labai tikrai gaila, tačiau knyga tik vidutinė, o galėjo būti verta geriausių įvertinimų.
Well-written book about the sad condition of women in Mexico today. Hard to believe this is the reality for many girls, especially those in poor and rural communities.
Tikri įvykiai. Skaičiau ir jaučiausi lyg žiūrėdama veiksmo filmą, kur viskas lyg ir išgalvota, lyg ir galėtų būti tikra. Bet ne, čia tikrų tikriausia istorija. Bjaurojamos mergaitės, narkotikų prekeiviai, laukuose purškiami nuodai (ne ten kur reiktų), prievarta, grobimai. Tai yra Meksikos realybė. Apie ją teko girdėti ir iš geros draugės, kuri ten gyveno ne vienerius metus. Skaitant šią knygą ta realybė pasirodė kaip niekada arti. Buvo liūdna, pikta, stebėjausi Ledidi naivumu, apatiškumu. Tačiau jis gana suprantamas, kai gyveni tokioje aplinkoje, pripranti prie neteisybės, smurto, skurdo, nežinai, kad gali būti kitaip.
This is a drug war novel, with very little actual drug war. In that way it accurately reflects the way the drug trade, gangs, violence, poverty, etc. in Mexico affect and shape daily life while actually being mostly invisible. The story combined important political themes with equally important interpersonal themes.
one of the most impactful stories that is disturbingly so real. knowing that it is not purely a fiction and it is based on reality breaks my heart.
http://mariesbookgarden.blogspot.com/2018/01/prayers-for-stolen.html
This was a beautiful, heartbreaking novel about Mexico, written by poet Jennifer Clement, who was the president of PEN Mexico.
"The best thing you can be in Mexico is an ugly girl."
Ladydi Garcia Martinez dresses as a boy, because in her mountain community near Guerrero, girls are constantly kidnapped and sold into prostitution to support the drug trade. The mothers dig holes for their daughters to hide in when the black SUVs come to their homes to search for new girls to snatch.
Every day in Mexico, adolescent girls and young women are abducted from their homes and either never heard from again or found dumped dead and abused. Some become sex slaves to drug lords, and others are sexually trafficked to brothels in Mexico and abroad. Sexual abuse in Mexico has exploded as the drug trade has soared.
Although difficult to read, this novel is a wonderful story about women and daughters who have to survive on their own wits, resiliency during a time of great trauma, and fierce love that is hard to comprehend in our white, American existence.
This was a beautiful, heartbreaking novel about Mexico, written by poet Jennifer Clement, who was the president of PEN Mexico.
"The best thing you can be in Mexico is an ugly girl."
Ladydi Garcia Martinez dresses as a boy, because in her mountain community near Guerrero, girls are constantly kidnapped and sold into prostitution to support the drug trade. The mothers dig holes for their daughters to hide in when the black SUVs come to their homes to search for new girls to snatch.
Every day in Mexico, adolescent girls and young women are abducted from their homes and either never heard from again or found dumped dead and abused. Some become sex slaves to drug lords, and others are sexually trafficked to brothels in Mexico and abroad. Sexual abuse in Mexico has exploded as the drug trade has soared.
Although difficult to read, this novel is a wonderful story about women and daughters who have to survive on their own wits, resiliency during a time of great trauma, and fierce love that is hard to comprehend in our white, American existence.
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced