Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

But Petrona's unusual behavior belies more than shyness. When their mother hires Petrona, a live-in-maid from the city's guerrilla-occupied slum, Chula makes it her mission to understand Petrona's mysterious ways. “One of the most dazzling and devastating novels I’ve read in a long time.Readers of Fruit of the Drunken Tree will surely be transformed.” -San Francisco Chronicle “Simultaneously propulsive and poetic, reminiscent of Isabel Allende.Listen to this new author’s voice - she has something powerful to say.” -Entertainment Weekly A mesmerizing debut set in Colombia at the height Pablo Escobar's violent reign about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid who strike an unlikely friendship that threatens to undo them both Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister Cassandra enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogotá, but the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the neighborhood walls, where the godlike drug lord Pablo Escobar continues to elude authorities and capture the attention of the nation. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more.

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Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras