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A review by rjsreadingnook
The President and the Frog by Caro De Robertis
5.0
A glimmer of hope for dark times.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE FROG feels so different from CANTORAS yet some themes continue including Uruguayan politics and intersectional feminism. I love the simplicity of format as the author alternates between the President to be’s conversation with a frog as a political prisoner and a post-presidency interview with a Norwegian journalist.
What hit me the most is the discussion on climate change and ecology. Climate change doesn’t recognize borders and countries leaving large carbon footprints (such as the US) create consequences for the entire world.
And yet somehow through so much despair she brings us to a place of hope. That we can grow things on this Earth.
Thank you Knopf for the NetGalley widget.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE FROG feels so different from CANTORAS yet some themes continue including Uruguayan politics and intersectional feminism. I love the simplicity of format as the author alternates between the President to be’s conversation with a frog as a political prisoner and a post-presidency interview with a Norwegian journalist.
What hit me the most is the discussion on climate change and ecology. Climate change doesn’t recognize borders and countries leaving large carbon footprints (such as the US) create consequences for the entire world.
And yet somehow through so much despair she brings us to a place of hope. That we can grow things on this Earth.
Thank you Knopf for the NetGalley widget.