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Un debut fascinante situado en Colombia durante la violencia devastadora de los aos 90 sobre una joven protegida y una empleada domstica adolescente, quienes inician una improbable amistad que amenaza con deshacerlas a ambas.La familia Santiago vive en una comunidad cerrada en Bogot, a salvo de la inestabilidad poltica que aterroriza al pas. Chula de siete aos y su hermana mayor, Cassandra, disfrutan de una vida carente de preocupaciones, gracias a la burbuja protectora de su madre y su hogar. Sin embargo, la amenaza de secuestros, coches bomba y asesinatos se ciernen justo afuera de las fronteras lmites de su vecindario, donde el divino dios de la droga, Pablo Escobar, sigue eludiendo a las autoridades y captando la atencin de la nacin.Cuando su madre contrata a Petrona, una empleada domstica proveniente de un pobre barrio ocupado por la guerrilla, Chula hace de su misin el entender los misterios que rodean a Petrona.
About the Author
Ingrid Rojas Contreras is an award-winning author who was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. Her essays and short stories have appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Electric Literature, Guernica, and Huffington Post, among others. She has been a fellow at Bread Loaf Writer's Conference and the San Francisco Writer's Grotto, and has received scholarships and support from VONA, Hedgebrook, The Camargo Foundation, Djerassi Artist Residency Program, and the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture. She is the book columnist for KQED, the Bay Area's NPR affiliate. She has taught at Stanford University, the University of San Francisco, and currently teaches writing to immigrant high school students as part of a San Francisco Arts Commission initiative bringing artists into public schools.
