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artsycharli94 's review for:
Prayers for the Stolen
by Jennifer Clement
(note: I have an advanced copy so the small bit of criticism I have might no longer be relevant) This book is hauntingly beautiful. It follows the life of Ladydi Garcia Martinez, a girl who spent most of her childhood as a boy because girls were the ones stolen when the drug lord's SUVs decided to swing by their village. She is Mexican and brown with the name of a white British princess (Diana). Her home is both the safest and most dangerous place for her to be. And in her life, happiness usually happens at the exact same time as pain. Ladydi has learned that the world is full of contradictions. She has learned and she has survived.
From the mountain village of Guerrero, Mexico where the drug cartels rule to the upperclass homes of Mexico City lined with dirty money to the women's prison caked with the blood of survival, Jennifer Clement shows us women who have had their seeds cast onto broken pavement and have learned to grow strong plants anyway. There is a fierceness and a power behind the women of Prayers for the Stolen that pushes through my own soft, weak skin and buries deep within my heart. Clement's words are poetic and raw, words that stare at you and force you to stare back. At times, the writing is a bit hard to follow because the story hops around in sequence, especially at the beginning, but no matter how confusing, it's difficult to miss the poignancy and verocity with which Clement writes.
This is a book that I think everyone should read, especially if you are interested in the lives of women outside of America. I also would recommend if you enjoy the works of Eduardo Galeano. I noticed while I was reading that their style of writing (and choice of topic) is very similar.
From the mountain village of Guerrero, Mexico where the drug cartels rule to the upperclass homes of Mexico City lined with dirty money to the women's prison caked with the blood of survival, Jennifer Clement shows us women who have had their seeds cast onto broken pavement and have learned to grow strong plants anyway. There is a fierceness and a power behind the women of Prayers for the Stolen that pushes through my own soft, weak skin and buries deep within my heart. Clement's words are poetic and raw, words that stare at you and force you to stare back. At times, the writing is a bit hard to follow because the story hops around in sequence, especially at the beginning, but no matter how confusing, it's difficult to miss the poignancy and verocity with which Clement writes.
This is a book that I think everyone should read, especially if you are interested in the lives of women outside of America. I also would recommend if you enjoy the works of Eduardo Galeano. I noticed while I was reading that their style of writing (and choice of topic) is very similar.