pickI thought that this was an interesting read. I was captivated by the story although I found the writing to be a bit simple and fantastical at times. 4/5
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Prayers for the Stolen | 
pickI thought that this was an interesting read. I was captivated by the story although I found the writing to be a bit simple and fantastical at times. 4/5
Should be some good ones here! My library haul of the day.
pick4.5 stars. I simply can't express how much I appreciate what Clement has done with this short and extremely creative book. Such a unique style. I could read her writing all day long. The book spans years of the life of teenage Ladydi and her mother and friends in an area of Mexico ruled by drug lords. I don't want to preempt any of the clever plotting she's done and give any spoilers, so I'll just say I found this book intriguing and quirky.
So far this book is amazing! It's the story of a girl, Ladydi, who lives in a rural area of Mexico filled with criminals, kidnappers, and high level drug traffickers. All the good men have left the area to seek work elsewhere with promises to send money to their families. The landscape is fantastic and one review on the back calls it "a glorious fever dream of honesty and love." I'm slightly less than halfway through and excited to keep reading.
pickReally enjoyed this touching jewel of a book! My heart aches for these girls in this coming of age tale.
I wanted to be given instructions. I wanted to obey him. I wanted to kneel.
❤️❤️❤️ My #giveaway #bookmail arrived! Thank you @REPollock The Roadmap is an awesome unexpected surprise!
Thank you @REPollock for the opportunity to win Prayers for the Stolen in your #NoFooling giveaway!!
Great giveaway buy @REPollock ! 😍 I hope you're enjoying being on Litsy. Littens, head over to her page for details on this #NoFooling giveaway - I had completely forgotten that it was April's fools!
I'd love to win Prayers for the Stolen! 😍
#giveaway #nofooling @REPollock I loved Clements‘ book Widow Basquiat and somehow missed that she‘d written more.
Thanks for the opportunity to win a book from your shelf! (And congrats on hosting your first giveaway!) I would love to win a copy of Prayers for the Stolen.
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pickWhat a specific narrative voice. This is not a book I can love, but it‘s one I can appreciate having read. I lived in Mexico one summer but this is a completely different world than the town I was in. Such an emotionally desolate landscape, the Mexico of this story.
“I only went to school until the end of primary. I was a boy most of that time.”
OMGGGGG this is so cool! I am all in for this concept. #Alignist
pickA powerful story about love and survival. In a small border town in Mexico Ladydi grows up in the shadow of the drug war. Taught from a young age to make herself ugly, to lie and say she was a boy, and to run and hide. All so that she could avoid becoming one of the stolen, young girls pressed into slavery by the drug cartels. This book manages to be both incredibly dark and yet full of hope.
pickThis was a blunt read on the harsh and very real lives of many women in Mexico. The story takes place in a small mountain village near Acapulco, where all the women are either left widowed or abandoned, and left to fend for themselves and their children.
"Can you believe that there are only twenty-six letters to say everything? There are only twenty-six letters to talk about love and jealousy and God."
Half way through this book, and it's definitely a page turner. I'm finishing up this chapter (and my mimosa), and getting ready to seize the day 🤗#vegasbabyvegas
Just saw this book at the library, and it caught my eye. It's about devastating hardships women face in Guerrero, Mexico. I can't wait to dive in.
"The best thing you can be in Mexico is an ugly girl"
pickA short read. Beautiful descriptions of the haunting realities that continue to happen in Mexico.
pickA disheartening story about the life of girls/women in Mexico and the drug cartel. A must read to appreciate our lives as American women!
pickClement is a poet, which certainly shines through in her prose and brings both the landscape of rural Mexico and her characters to life. She creates a portrait of the strength, loyalty, and community of women in rural Mexico in the face of very real violence.
