Laura P. (hemmputnam) reviewed on 6/25/2015 + 1154 more book reviews

It made me realize how much recent history I know nothing about because I was too young to understand when it was happening and it was too recent to be taught about at school. (Pinochet assumed power the year I was born.) I'm glad I read it because the language was beautiful and the stages and stories of her life feel like an adventure. I worry that she would be offended if I called it a "magical biography" but I don't know what other term to use. It seems perfectly reasonable that she communicates with the dead while I'm reading her story but I'm left a little bemused by it when I return to my rational US life. The epilogue moved me to tears.

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