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This book was great. I listened to the audiobook, read by the author, which made it even more real to me. Carmen‘s parents were socialist revolutionaries. They fled Chile after the 1973 coup, when she was six, settled in Canada, then her mother and stepfather moved the family to Bolivia to work with the Chilean resistance. Carmen grew up and worked for the resistance herself, from Argentina. Amazing story. #readingtheamericas2023 #bolivia

Holy moly, I will never get out of this #Chile rabbit hole! I just found this book and it sounds amazing. It‘s a first-person memoir of resistance activity in Chile in the 1980s. The author reads the audiobook version. When I was in high school, she was only three years older than me, but married and flying missions across the Andes to fight a dictatorship. I have to hear this. It‘s on Hoopla. #readingtheamericas2023 #bolivia #argentina #peru

Well, THAT was a stressful listen. Aguirre relates her experiences in the Chilean resistance, first as a preteen whose mother chose to involve her in the movement and later as a sworn member in her own right. It's an important book that spotlights an horrific time. TW for everything.

I recommend the print edition over the audio. I looked forward to theatre artist Aguirre's performance, but I found her delivery too crisp and oddly paced.

Today's project: deal with all the crap that's piled up in my office so I can actually stand to be in this space again.

Good thing I've got SOMETHING FIERCE to listen to while I work. #audiocleaning

The life described in this memoir was so far from the reality most of us know that it left me constantly wondering 'how could any person live with convictions so strong?' The fact that the author survived her own childhood is incredible. But to choose this life, one filled with daily terror and panic, for herself is unimaginable. I'm glad she lived to share her tale. #canlit

I have a lot of books about strong persistent women. But when I looked at my shelves this is the one that really stood out. It's a fascinating read about a fascinating life. Fighting for what you believe is best. #ShePersisted #MarchIntoReading