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The Volcano Daughters
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A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK - A searingly original debut about two sisters and their flight from genocide--which takes them from Hollywood to Paris to San Francisco's Cannery Row--each haunted along the way by the ghosts of their murdered friends, who are not yet done telling their stories
"Gripping and spellbinding...Unforgettable."--Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half - "Stunning...A sweeping yet intimate look at love, sisterhood, and resistance in the face of devastation." --Charmaine Wilkerson, author of Black Cake - "A bilingual, mythological, and original debut about resistance and survival." --Vulture
El Salvador, 1923. Graciela, a young girl growing up on a volcano in a community of Indigenous women, is summoned to the capital, where she is claimed as an oracle for a rising dictator. There she meets Consuelo, the sister she has never known, who was stolen from their home before Graciela was born. The two spend years under the cruel El Gran Pendejo's regime, unwillingly helping his reign of terror, until genocide strikes the community from which they hail. Each believing the other to be dead, they escape, fleeing across the globe, reinventing themselves until fate ultimately brings them back together in the most unlikely of ways...
Endlessly surprising, vividly imaginative, bursting with lush life, The Volcano Daughters charts a new history and mythology of El Salvador, fiercely bringing forth voices that have been calling out for generations.
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Book Details
ISBN:
9780593317235
EAN:
9780593317235
Binding:
Hardcover
Pages:
368
Authors:
Gina María Balibrera
Publisher:
Pantheon Books
Published Date: 2024-20-08
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Fresh writing and viewpoint. Interesting characters in this yarn which spans decades in the immigrant story from Central America. Well done!
A poem if a story where two sisters lives are entertwined and guided by the ghosts of their paths. A story of the tragedy of El Salvador
I think this is probably a good book, but I just could not get into it. (Sorry)
Fascinating tale, loved the imagery
This was one of my anticipated books of the end of the year, but it didn’t work out for me. Perhaps if I didn’t have any expectations I would have enjoyed this book more. Set in the 1920s in El Salvador, this novel explores the genocide of indigenous peoples who died on the hand of Salvadoran soldiers for protesting against the government.The story follows Graciela who lives at a coffee plantation nestled on a volcano. With the death of her father, the second in command to the dictator, Graciela is summoned to the capital where she meets her sister. Both have to survive a ruthless tyrant and his dehumanizing policies. The author reflects on immigration, and how it feels to escape brutality.The writing is lyrical, and it is definitely a heart-wrenching story. I felt the story had a lot going on, a little bit too much for me. Although I wanted to like this book badly, it ended up flat. Perhaps it wasn’t for me.
