num_pages: 346
description: You can’t know who you are until you know where you came from. That sentiment has never been truer than in this story of a Bolivian family and the secrets they carried across three generations. Questions about her grandfather have haunted Mariana since her childhood in Bolivia. She knows some basic facts. A young German doctor falls in love with and marries a local girl, Mariana’s grandmother. Then one day he is brutally murdered. In response, her grandmother lives in a prison of her own making, praying every moment of every day—but Mariana never learns why. Years later, in the late 1960s, her cousins, devout Christians concerned with the condition of the poor, join the liberation theology movement. Three years after the death of Che Guevara, they participate in a new guerrilla uprising, with heart-breaking consequences. Plagued by the question of what truly happened to her family across three generations, Mariana dives into history to find out. In this epic, vibrant, and incredibly moving historical novel based on true events, we witness the magnificence of Bolivia and the strength of matriarchs as well as learn that the truth can truly set you free.
language: English
title: Pachamama: Mother Earth Three Generations of a Bolivian Family
publisher: Mariana Swann