Seven-year-old Chula lives a carefree life in her gated community in Bogotá, 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.
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. 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. As both girls' families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula find themselves entangled in a web of secrecy.
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.
| ISBN: | 9780525434313 |
| Publication date: | 4th June 2019 |
| Author: | Ingrid Rojas Contreras |
| Publisher: | Anchor Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Primary Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
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Seven-year-old Chula lives a carefree life in her gated community in Bogotá, 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.
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. 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. As both girls' families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula find themselves entangled in a web of secrecy.
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.
Fruit of the Drunken Tree features in the following genres: Young Adult Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, General Fiction, Fiction, Fiction: narrative themes
Fruit of the Drunken Tree is available in Paperback, Hardback, Ebook
Fruit of the Drunken Tree was written by Ingrid Rojas Contreras and published by Anchor Books
Fruit of the Drunken Tree has 320 pages
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