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A True Story Based on Lies by Jennifer Clement
Category: Biography
Set in contemporary Mexico, this novel charts the consequences of a sexual relationship between Leonora, a servant in the wealthy O'Connor home, and her master. When a child is born from the union, she is brought up as the daughter of the house. The true story gradually emerges.
Gun Love by Jennifer Clement
Category: Fiction
A New York Times Editor's Choice The searing, unforgettable story of a young girl's resilience, by the award-winning author of Prayers for the Stolen Pearl's mother took her away from her family just weeks after she was born, and drove off to central Florida determined to begin a new life for herself ...Show more
Gun Love by Jennifer Clement
Category: Fiction
Longlisted for the 2018 National Book Awards A New York Times Editor's Choice Time's 10 Best Fiction Books of 2018 Library Journal's Best Books of 2018 The searing, unforgettable story of a young girl's resilience, by the award-winning author of Prayers for the Stolen Pearl's mother took her away from h ...Show more
Prayers for the Stolen by Jennifer Clement
Category: Fiction
A haunting story of love and survival that introduces an unforgettable literary heroineLadydi Garcia Mart�nez is fierce, funny and smart. She was born into a world where being a girl is a dangerous thing. In the mountains of Guerrero, Mexico, women must fend for themselves, as their men have left to see ...Show more
Prayers for the Stolen by Jennifer Clement
Category: Fiction
'Now we make you ugly,' my mother said. 'The best thing you can be in Mexico is an ugly girl.' On the mountainside in rural Mexico where Ladydi lives, being a girl is dangerous. Especially a pretty one. If the Narcos hear there is a pretty girl on the mountain, they steal her. So when the black SUVs rol ...Show more
The Poison That Fascinates by Jennifer Clement
Category: Biography
Abandoned by her mother as a baby, Emily now lives with her father in Mexico City. She works in the local Catholic orphanage. Life is simple. But when an enigmatic cousin, Santi, appears on the doorstep he brings family secrets, and soon Emily finds desire and temptation have overturned her straightforw ...Show more
The Promised Party - Kahlo, Basquiat and Me by Jennifer Clement
Category: General Biography
Growing up in '60s Mexico City, Jennifer Clement lived next door to Frida Kahlo's house. It was an unorthodox and bohemian childhood, living alongside artists, communists, revolutionaries and poets, and one that allowed an awakening of creative freedom and curiosity about the world. Leaving behind the ...Show more
Widow Basquiat - A Memoir by Jennifer Clement
Category: Biography | Series: Canons
Madonna. Andy Warhol. Keith Haring. Fab 5 Freddie. Debbie Harry. Julian Schnabel. Jean-Michel Basquiat's transition from the subways to the chic gallery spaces of Manhattan brought the artist into the company of many of New York's established and aspiring stars. Unable to deal with the demands that his ...Show more
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