Perla
Read by
Carolina De Robertis
Release:
03/27/2012
Runtime:
9h 20m
Unabridged
Quantity:
“This is one of those books that couldn’t be timelier, more beautiful, or more wrenching…De Robertis is an extraordinarily courageous writer who only gets better with every book.”
Junot Díaz, acclaimed New York Times bestselling author
A coming-of-age story, based on a recent shocking chapter of Argentine history, about a young woman who makes a devastating discovery about her origins with the help of an enigmatic houseguest.
Perla Correa grew up a privileged only child in Buenos Aires, with a cold, polished mother and a straitlaced naval officer father, whose profession she learned early on not to disclose in a country still reeling from the abuses perpetrated by the deposed military dictatorship. Perla understands that her parents were on the wrong side of the conflict, but her love for her papá is unconditional. But when Perla is startled by an uninvited visitor, she begins a journey that will force her to confront the unease she has suppressed all her life, and to make a wrenching decision about who she is, and who she will become.
Perla Correa grew up a privileged only child in Buenos Aires, with a cold, polished mother and a straitlaced naval officer father, whose profession she learned early on not to disclose in a country still reeling from the abuses perpetrated by the deposed military dictatorship. Perla understands that her parents were on the wrong side of the conflict, but her love for her papá is unconditional. But when Perla is startled by an uninvited visitor, she begins a journey that will force her to confront the unease she has suppressed all her life, and to make a wrenching decision about who she is, and who she will become.
Release:
2012-03-27
Runtime:
9h 20m
Format:
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780307969606
Publisher:
Penguin Random House
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