{"product_id":"book-jbdt","title":"Truth Demands","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Essential reading, filled with exactly the kind of truth that this precarious moment demands.” —Kaira Jewel Lingo, author of \u003ci\u003eWe Were Made for These Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbby Reyes lost her partner, Terence Unity Freitas, as he and two others were murdered after departing Kajka Ika—\u003ci\u003ethe heart of the world\u003c\/i\u003e—of Indigenous U’wa territory in Colombia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImperiled by multinational oil interests, U’wa lifeways were under attack. Terence, Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa (Menominee), and Lahe’ena’e Gay (Hawaiian) arrived to listen to community needs and accompany the U’wa. But then they disappeared. Days later, their bodies were found, bound and bullet-riddled in a cow field across the border in Venezuela.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty years later, Abby finds herself in Case 001 of Colombia’s truth and recognition process. They want to know her stories. They want to know her questions. They want to know her \u003ci\u003etruth demands\u003c\/i\u003e: the fragments she’s held for decades about the last days of Terence’s life. \u003ci\u003eWhy was he taken? Who pulled the trigger? Who was really behind the killings?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlunged back into grief, ambiguity, and the unknown, Abby is called to navigate the past. Old wounds are reopened, old histories are redrawn, and fresh angers flare as she confronts the testimony of one of her lover’s killers—and the burden that Terence unwittingly compelled her to bear. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning three decades and three continents, \u003ci\u003eTruth Demands\u003c\/i\u003e charts Abby’s parallel journeys as she navigates the waters of loss, purpose, and impermanence while fighting for truth and accountability from big oil. A profound and haunting memoir, \u003ci\u003eTruth Demands\u003c\/i\u003e is an invitation into the current. It shows us how to hold fast even as we let go—holding us as we bear witness and welcome with courage and skill what the truth demands of us all.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49712907518256,"sku":"BDjbdt","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/667312-jbdt-Square.jpg?v=1744246680","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-jbdt","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}