03589cam a2200325 4500 522076771 TxAuBib 20210904120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780525632641 0525632646 4714e71e-f26c-4a6b-b0b1-dfe47f4ae8ae OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3631190 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Rojas Contreras, Ingrid. Fruit of the Drunken Tree [Libby] : A Novel. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2018. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 342MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 342MB. Fiction. Literature. HTML:“One of the most dazzling and devastating novels I’ve read in a long time...Readers of Fruit of the Drunken Tree will surely be transformed.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Simultaneously propulsive and poetic, reminiscent of Isabel Allende...Listen to this new author’s voice — she has something powerful to say.” —Entertainment Weekly A mesmerizing debut set in Colombia at the height Pablo Escobar's violent reign about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid who strike an unlikely friendship that threatens to undo them both Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister Cassandra enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogotá, but the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the neighborhood walls, where the godlike drug lord Pablo Escobar continues to elude authorities and capture the attention of the nation.      When their mother hires Petrona, a live-in-maid from the city's guerrilla-occupied slum, Chula makes it her mission to understand Petrona's mysterious ways. But Petrona's unusual behavior belies more than shyness. She is a young woman crumbling under the burden of providing for her family as the rip tide of first love pulls her in the opposite direction. As both girls' families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula find themselves entangled in a web of secrecy that will force them both to choose between sacrifice and betrayal.      Inspired by the author's own life, and told through the alternating perspectives of the willful Chula and the achingly hopeful Petrona, Fruit of the Drunken Tree contrasts two very different, but inextricably linked coming-of-age stories. In lush prose, Rojas Contreras has written a powerful testament to the impossible choices women are often forced to make in the face of violence and the unexpected connections that can blossom out of desperation. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 13:21:58. Ramirez, Marisol. Guerra, Almarie. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/3631190-FruitOfTheDrunkenTree.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4714e71e-f26c-4a6b-b0b1-dfe47f4ae8ae&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/3631190-FruitOfTheDrunkenTree.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4714e71e-f26c-4a6b-b0b1-dfe47f4ae8ae&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)