Shattered paradise : memoirs of a Nicaraguan war child / Ileana Araguti.
By: Araguti, Ileana [author.]
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TextPublisher: Moreno Valley, CA : New Trends Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013General Notes: Includes author biography (page 261-262).Description: 265 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780988402539; 098840253X.Other title: Memoirs of a Nicaraguan war child.Subject(s): Araguti, Ileana -- Biography | Women -- Nicaragua -- Social conditions | Children -- Nicaragua -- Social conditions | Autobiography | Nicaragua -- 20th century -- WarsAwards: Recipient of the 2014 International Latino Book Award.Summary: "SHATTERED PARADISE is powerful, compelling, emotional, and, at the end, liberating. Be prepared to cry and gasp at some of the passages in this book. Araguti does a great job of bringing the Nicaragua of her memory to life with its legendary rainforest, colorful characters, vivid and graphic narrative and a love of a country that pours forth from her pen in splendor and darkness both. And, it is through the eyes of the child that we see the innocence, the beauty of what once was. And now, through her memoir 'that' Nicaragua lives again" --latinabookclub.com
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 920 Ar12 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003741360 |
Includes author biography (page 261-262).
"SHATTERED PARADISE is powerful, compelling, emotional, and, at the end, liberating. Be prepared to cry and gasp at some of the passages in this book. Araguti does a great job of bringing the Nicaragua of her memory to life with its legendary rainforest, colorful characters, vivid and graphic narrative and a love of a country that pours forth from her pen in splendor and darkness both. And, it is through the eyes of the child that we see the innocence, the beauty of what once was. And now, through her memoir 'that' Nicaragua lives again" --latinabookclub.com
Recipient of the 2014 International Latino Book Award.
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