The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War by Gioconda Belli Paperback Book

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Rent The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War

Author: Gioconda Belli

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Random House Inc

Published: Oct 2003

Genre: Biography & Autobiography - Women

Retail Price: $19.00

Pages: 400

Synopsis

A powerful memoir by the acclaimed Nicaraguan writer describes her privileged youth, her growing awareness of Nicaragua's social inequities, her involvement with the Sandinistas, her current life with an American husband and children, and her continuing devotion to her country and its people. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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BookLender review by Suzanne on 2008-03-28 03:23:58

Never giving a clear reason why she joins the Sandinistas, other than her affairs with members, she ends living in Beverly Hills, enjoying the fruits of capitalism. Not believable and if you believe it , not commendable.