We gathered, we talked. We cozied up on Cindy's couch. We sipped wine and sampled delicious food. Another great night at book club. I arrive hungry. No dinner for me on LOL nights. The food and drink is always so delectable, I make a monster meal...
Last day I wrote how Carmen Aguirre's mother upset me with her selfish refusal to leave her girls behind, where they would be safe with their father in Vancouver, dragging them instead to South America to become indoctrinated in the revolutionary movement. Of course she...
Right from the start, Carmen Aguirre's memoir, Something Fierce, captures the reader's attention with its fascinating premise: a young Chilean refugee leaves the safety of her Canadian homeland to travel back to Chile with her revolutionary mother and step father. Told in everyday language, blunt...