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.
Inspired by the author\'s own life, Fruit of the Drunken Tree is a powerful testament to the impossible choices women are often forced to make in the face of violence and the unexpected connections that can blossom out of desperation..
As both girls\' families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula find themselves entangled in a web of secrecy.
Petrona is a young woman crumbling under the burden of providing for her family as the rip tide of first love pulls her in the opposite direction.
When her 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. --Entertainment Weekly Seven-year-old Chula lives a carefree life in her gated community in Bogot , but the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside her walls, where the godlike drug lord Pablo Escobar reigns, capturing the attention of the nation. --San Francisco Chronicle Simultaneously propulsive and poetic, reminiscent of Isabel Allende...
Listen to this new author\'s voice -- she has something powerful to say.
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
