Honorable exiles
Subtitle: a Chilean woman in the twentieth century
By: by Lillian Lorca de Tagle ; edited by Joy Billington and Chris Lucas.
Contributors: Billington, Joy.; Lucas, Chris.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Tagle, Lillian.; Lorca family.; Bunster family.; Chilean American women -- Biography.; Chilean Americans -- Biography.; Exiles -- United States -- Biography.; Women -- Chile -- Biography.; Women -- Chile -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Lillian Lorca de Tagle is living proof of women's progress in the twentieth century. Born into a privileged, yet circumscribed world in 1914 as the daughter of a wealthy Chilean diplomat, she became a translator and journalist at a time when few women of her class held jobs. Ordered into exile in the United States by her disapproving mother, she became a successful reporter, translator, and editor, while raising two daughters as a single working mother.".

"In this memoir, de Tagle looks back over a fascinating, cosmopolitan life. She describes how her upbringing in various European capitals prepared her for a life of continual change. She remembers the restrictions that upper class Chilean society placed on women and how these ultimately propelled her to a career in the United States that included an editorship at Americas magazine and work for the State Department, as well as a series of posts with the USIA/Voice of America.".

"Woven throughout her memoir are vivid glimpses of family, friends, husbands, and lovers, including the artist Roberto Matta."--BOOK JACKET.