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This woman can write. She doesn't shy from the ugliness of war, famine, struggles. There were times I drowned in the way she described life. Just beautiful and pure. I will definitely read her novels. There beginning of the Revolution was clearly started by #MenofLetters @OutsmartYourShelf #FoodandLit @texreader @Catsandbooks

Prose is my refuge, but my poetic breath is inextricably, intimately linked to the Nicaraguan landscape.

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This book is beautiful!!!

I imagine the ocean, with its swirling, watery fingers knitting together the two lives I have lived.

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This was a book club pick, and I‘m glad I read it, but at times it felt like Belli was the Elizabeth Taylor of Nicaragua. Somewhat romanticized view of the Revolution but captivating, nevertheless, and a great perspective on the Reagan years.