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Summary: I found this book to be haunting.
Review: ... and was left with a deep gratitude to Jennifer Harbury for so vividly and compellingly giving us Everardo, for so intimately letting us into their intimacies and love, for revealing to us a Guatemala few know, for having the courage to go there, deep into the mountains, and to bring out so vibrantly all these people who live precipitously on the edge in their quest for freedom - and for daring to love so deeply in such a dangerous situation, for holding fast to that love in her search for Everardo. Her speaking to him throughout the book reminds me, the reader, over and over, that this is not simply story, but real life. I found Jennifer's language to be utterly absorbing and her telling of this real life to be striking, commanding. It's a book I can't push away from, it keeps following me around weeks after I've finished reading.
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Summary: A Very Human Story
Review: Harbury's book tells a griping and human story about a woman's search for the truth. A "Reader" who left a negative review is mistaken in his/her accusation that Harbury and Bamaca were never married, sadly this is one of the lies that the Guatemalan Government has spread in a attempt to discredit Harbury. As to attrocities committed by the Guerillas, its true 3% of all human rights abuses were committed by the Guerillas (this figure is from the UN truth commission the Committee for Historical Clarification). And while there is no excuse for these violations of human rights it must be put into the perspective and compared to the 93% of human rights violations committed by the Guatemalan Army. Harbury's story puts a human face to this effects of a very violent and tragic civil war. However if you want to know more I would recommend " Guatemala: Never Again" by
the archdioses of Guatemala.
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Summary: amazing strength to live and to write
Review: I have to say, Jennifer Harbury is a inspirational figure to me in this modern world. The strength is must have took to live the life that she did and to rehash it through documentation...amazing. The "Kirkus" review criticizes her for "flowery" language. I just want to say that there's no such thing as an unbiased historical account. Harbury presents the book as a memoir of what she lived through in the search for her HUSBAND, and the truth of his disappearance and death, not as an objective outsiders look at the US and Guatemalan military/government relationships. If her words tend to become laced with emotion, it's because she's human and she's talking about a human relationship. Overall, Harbury doesn't claim to be a literary giant. She is a woman telling her story, from her perspective, as it happened to her. It's a compelling and tragic adventure that inspires us all to be a little more aware, a little more concerned, a little stronger, and a little more determined.
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Summary: Eloquent and heartbreaking....
Review: Searching for Everardo is an emotionally moving book that tells the story of not just one man - but an entire race of people during a very violent period for their country. The Kirkus Review condemns the author for not acknowledging that her husband was a commander of the guerilla forces and therefore,they imply, somehow deserving of his capture, torture and death. Harbury clearly recognizes her husband's position in the war throughout the book and the Kirkus Review makes one see how necessary his struggle, the struggle of class and race, has been throughout history. We still have a long way to go in ending racism - the world over.
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