{"product_id":"leonor-paula-delgado-kling-9781682194478","title":"Leonor: The Story of a Lost Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet in the author's homeland, Colombia, this is the heartbreaking story of Leonor, former child soldier of the FARC, a rural guerrilla group.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaula Delgado-Kling followed Leonor for nineteen years, from shortly after she was an active member of the FARC forced into sexual slavery by a commander thirty-four years her senior, through her rehabilitation and struggle with alcohol and drug addiction, to more recent days as the mother of two girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeonor's physical beauty, together with resourcefulness and imagination in the face of horrendous circumstances, helped her carve a space for herself in a male-dominated world. She never stopped believing that she was a woman of worth and importance. It took her many years of therapy to accept that she was also a victim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the story of \u003cem\u003eLeonor\u003c\/em\u003e, Delgado-Kling interweaves the experiences of her own family, involved with Colombian politics since the 19th century and deeply afflicted, too, by the decades of violence there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paula Delgado-Kling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682194477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682194478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e OR Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.30h x 4.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2023","brand":"Paula Delgado-Kling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44522450649343,"sku":"9781682194478","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9663db25-335c-497d-8aae-958198a9a766.jpg?v=1700157312","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leonor-paula-delgado-kling-9781682194478","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}