Agosin, Marjorie

When her beloved country, Chile, is taken over by a militaristic, sadistic government, Celeste is sent to America for her safety and her parents must go into hiding before they "disappear.".

The author recalls her childhood and early adolescence with her Jewish family in Chile in the 1960s and 1970s, discussing the appreciation her family expressed for their Jewish heritage as well as the dominant Catholic culture of Chile; and tells of the difficulties she had adjusting when her family moved to Athens, Georgia.

When her beloved country, Chile, is taken over by a militaristic, sadistic government, Celeste is sent to America for her safety and her parents must go into hiding before they "disappear.".

Offers a collection of seventy-seven poems, essays, memoirs, and brief histories that document the ways women writers have spoken out about human rights issues, creating global consciousness, and justice.

A collection of poems by Marjorie Agosin that give voice to the victims of the corrupt dictatorships that existed in Latin America during the late twentieth century.