{"product_id":"leonor-the-story-of-a-lost-childhood-paperback","title":"Leonor: The Story of a Lost Childhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaula Delgado-Kling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet in the author's homeland, Colombia, this is the heartbreaking story of Leonor, former child soldier of the FARC, a rural guerrilla group.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaula Delgado-Kling followed Leonor for nineteen years, from shortly after she was an active member of the FARC forced into sexual slavery by a commander thirty-four years her senior, through her rehabilitation and struggle with alcohol and drug addiction, to more recent days as the mother of two girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeonor's physical beauty, together with resourcefulness and imagination in the face of horrendous circumstances, helped her carve a space for herself in a male-dominated world. She never stopped believing that she was a woman of worth and importance. It took her many years of therapy to accept that she was also a victim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the story of \u003cem\u003eLeonor\u003c\/em\u003e, Delgado-Kling interweaves the experiences of her own family, involved with Colombian politics since the 19th century and deeply afflicted, too, by the decades of violence there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaula Delgado-Kling\u003c\/strong\u003e holds degrees in comparative literature\/French civilizations, international affairs, and creative writing from Brown, Columbia, and the New School, respectively. \u003cem\u003eLeonor\u003c\/em\u003e, for which she received two grants from the Canadian Council for the Arts, is her first book. Excerpts of this book have appeared in \u003cem\u003eNarrative, The Literary Review, Pacifica Literary Review, \u003c\/em\u003e and Happano.org in Japan. Her work for the Mexican monthly news magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGatopardo\u003c\/em\u003e was nominated for the Simon Bolivar Award, Colombia's top journalism prize, and anthologized in \u003cem\u003eLas Mejores Cricas de Gatopardo\u003c\/em\u003e (Random House Mondadori, 2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 7.5 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764821164320,"sku":"9781682194478","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a79b16f0e09f0ae0e37836624b54a8c0.webp?v=1780255663","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/leonor-the-story-of-a-lost-childhood-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}