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Fruit of the drunken tree : a novel

Title
Fruit of the drunken tree : a novel / Ingrid Rojas Contreras.
Author
Rojas Contreras, Ingrid
Publication
  • New York : Doubleday, [2018]
  • ©2018

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Description
viii, 306 pages; 25 cm
Summary
"When women of color write history, we see the world as we have never seen it before. In Fruit of the Drunken Tree, Ingrid Rojas Contreras honors the lives of girls who witness war. Brava! I was swept up by this story."--SANDRA CISNEROS, author of The House on Mango Street. A mesmerizing debut set against the backdrop of the devastating violence of 1990's Colombia 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. 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. But Petrona's unusual behavior belies more than shyness. She 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. As both girls' families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula find themselves entangled in a web of secrecy that will force them both to choose between sacrifice and betrayal. Inspired by the author's own life, and told through the alternating perspectives of the willful Chula and the achingly hopeful Petrona, Fruit of the Drunken Tree contrasts two very different, but inextricable coming-of-age stories. In lush prose, Rojas Contreras sheds light on the impossible choices women are often forced to make in the face of violence and the unexpected connections that can blossom out of desperation.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Domestic fiction.
  • Fiction.
  • Bildungsromans.
  • Novels.
Contents
The photograph -- The girl Petrona -- Mosquita Muerta -- The purgatory spot -- The dead girl's shoe -- Hola padre, hola madre -- Fruit of the drunken tree -- Galán! Galán! Galán! -- Pañuelitos blancos -- Safe routes -- El salado -- Devilwind -- When at dinner you have fire -- Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt -- God's thumb -- Grand shutting down of things -- Las Hermanas calle -- The hills -- Black and blue -- The dress and the veil -- Glass shards -- The dream -- The girl Petrona -- Void after void -- Rainfall -- The hour of the fog -- The mouth of the wolf -- Ghost house -- God's nail -- Two fingers -- The tribe whose power was forgetfulness -- The list -- A home for every departed thing.
Call Number
JFE 18-8075
ISBN
  • 9780385542722
  • 0385542720
  • 9780525434313
  • 0525434313
LCCN
  • 2017039664
  • 40028370081
OCLC
1006524940
Author
Rojas Contreras, Ingrid, author.
Title
Fruit of the drunken tree : a novel / Ingrid Rojas Contreras.
Publisher
New York : Doubleday, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Other Standard Identifier
40028370081
Research Call Number
JFE 18-8075
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