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NICARAGUA WAY IBD

ESTUARY PRESS
05 / 2016
9780961872571
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Sinopsis

Nicaragua Wayátells the story of Lorna Almendros, a San Francisco Nicaraguan-American poet, passionately engaged in supporting revolutionary struggles in Latin America and the Sandinista solidarity movement in the U.S.áNicaragua Wayáfollows Lorna, a single mother, searching for her roots, raising a daughter, falling in love, while facing deaths, griefs, intrigues, and her fears of menopause, empty nest blues, and aging. Through it all, she writes poems.Set in San Francisco and Managua between 1975 and 1989, the novel portrays a rich castáof characters, including Rini, Lorna&rsquo,s daughter, Eddie, an organizer and revolutionaryáguerrillaáfighter, Helen, her best friend, and a city politician,áandáMaria Rosa, a Nicaraguan-exiled immigrant. They move between San Francisco&rsquo,s activist-arts community and Nicaragua, building support for change in the shadow of the U.S. undeclared wars in Central America.