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The Hacienda
The Hacienda: My Venezuelan Years | Lisa St Aubin De Teran
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Married at sixteen to a man twenty years her senior who spoke no English, she was taken to his ancestral home and estate where she found herself living in the most primitive of conditions, isolated and alone. St. Aubin de Teran ended up virtually running the plantation that belonged to her increasingly demented husband but enjoyed learning the mores and magic of a place that had remained practically unchanged for more than a century. Written in mesmerising prose, this is the extraordinary story of a young woman surviving by her wits and fantasies.
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EvieBee
The Hacienda: My Venezuelan Years | Lisa St Aubin De Teran
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This is an offbeat memoir that I loved so much! de Teran marries a much older man and leaves her family in England to live with her husband on his family's hacienda deep in the Venezuelan forest. After her arrival, it's quickly apparent that he is nothing like he appeared, and that the hacienda has a life and story of its own. May not be for everyone, but I adored her writing and this story. #recommendsday #memoir

LeahBergen Ooo! 8y
EvieBee @LeahBergen has you written all over it! I hope you love it. 8y
Dolly I have this book buried in my bookcase for years and just discovered it again along with a few others. Moving it up in the TBR 8y
EvieBee @Dolly Dolly, that's how I found it two years ago! It was buried way back in there. Such a 💎! 😊 8y
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