Juventud
Subtitle: a novel
By: Vanessa Blakeslee
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781940430584
Subjects: Social classes; Man-woman relationships; Fiction
Description: "Growing up as the only daughter of a wealthy landowner in Santiago de Cali, Colombia, teenaged Mercedes Martinez knows a world of maids, armed guards, and private drivers. When she falls in love with Manuel, a fiery young activist with a passion for his faith and his country, she begins to understand the suffering of the desplazados who share her land. A startling discovery about her father forces Mercedes to doubt everything she thought she knew about her life, and she and Manuel make plans to run away together. But before they can, tragedy strikes in a single violent night. Mercedes flees Colombia for the United States and a life she never could have imagined. Fifteen years later, she returns to Colombia seeking the truth, but discovers that only more questions await."--Amazon.com.