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Summary: Circle of Love Over Death
Review: "Our children were not taken as prisoners from a battlefield; totally defenseless, they were abducted from their homes, from the street, from their places of study and work. Our struggle has taken years of ceaseless searching and every other possible method, but it has been carried out by legal, constitutional, non-violent methods-with a clean face."
Circle of Love Over Death gives you a first hand testimony into the horrors and ugliness that Argentina battled through for many years. Through the eyes of each of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, you find an emotional and physical struggle to find the answers that they were never given, where their children are. This book touches on every human emotion possible and really gives you a true understanding of how one political force can take out an entire country.
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Summary: Beautiful Poetry, redundanttestimonies
Review: "I look at you who look at me, who perhaps would like to know, and I, from my tremendous clarity I, from my insomnia, am going to ask you, if you have any children..."I had heard of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo before reading this book, but having read it I now feel as if if I know the Mothers. Their testimonies were beautiful dedications to thier children who dissappeared, and thier voices important to understanding the horrendous experiance they have had, and continue to endure. Perhaps the boggest problem I had with this book was the feeling of redundancy of the testimonies. As I was reading I desperatly hoped that the testimonies would explore different instances, and feelings. I think it was important for these mothers to have the opportunity to voice their feelings and their heartache, however. If you have never heard about "disappearances" in Argentina, or you simply want to find out more, this is a very useful text.
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Summary: Circle of Love Over Death
Review: "Our children were not taken as prisoners from a battlefield; totally defenseless, they were abducted from their homes, from the street, from their places of study and work. Our struggle has taken years of ceaseless searching and every other possible method, but it has been carried out by legal, constitutional, non-violent methods-with a clean face."
Circle of Love Over Death gives you a first hand testimony into the horrors and ugliness that Argentina battled through for many years. Through the eyes of each of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, you find an emotional and physical struggle to find the answers that they were never given, where their children are. This book touches on every human emotion possible and really gives you a true understanding of how one political force can take out an entire country.
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Summary: A Mother's Love Continues Forever
Review: Circle of Love Over Death is an outstanding and emotional book. It engulfs the reader through the real-life stories of the Mother's of Plaza de Mayo. Matilde Mellibovsky's choice to structure this book as a testimonial, allowed the readers to feel the pain of the mothers of the "disappeared." Circle of Love Over Death explained the process of the disappearances and the pain of not knowing whether their realtives were alive or dead. It explained the formation of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, the obstacles they had to face, and the political advances that came from the group's activities. This is an excellent book that explains a tragedy in history through personal experiences.
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Summary: Mothers in Despair
Review: Circle of Love Over Death is an outstanding book written by Matilde Mellibovsky. It gives true testimonies given by the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. Before reading this book I knew nothing about the Argentinian war. This book opened my eyes and made me realize the tragedy that was occuring there. I was shocked to read about the disappearences that were happening. Each testimony showed the pain and suffering that was going on. It also showed how the Mothers and Grandmothers never stopped fighting for answers and justice. I would definatly recommend this book.
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Summary: Ordinary women struggle valiently for long-deferred justice.
Review: Circle of Love Over Death paints a realistic, and inspiring, picture of how "ordinary" women faced with terrible loss(es)-- the loss of their children -- are fighting for justice. There is background text for each chapter, followed by testimonies of mothers whose sons and daughters "disappeared." The "children" (most of whom were in their late teens to mid-twenties) were from varied backgrounds and ethnic groups, but they shared a deep desire to better the lives of the poor, and acted upon that desire. This was their crime. The mothers' testimonies often relate gruesome, shocking details. Their stories are filled with not only indescribable pain and loss, but with the adamant refusal to be a victim. After more than twenty years, and at risk of personal safety, these courageous women continue their struggle. Their goal is twofold: for justice for the disappeared, and to call the world's attention to this flagrant violation of human rights. Their Thursday afternoon marches around the Plaza de Mayo have attracted worldwide attention and support. Warning: This book may inspire you to become more involved with social justice and global concern for humanity.
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Summary: A Tragic Story
Review: Circle of Love Over Death really opened my eyes to what was happening to the people in Argentina. It was shocking to read the stories of what happened to these people. I cannot even begin to imagine the kind of pain the mothers went through when their children disappeared and there was absolutely nothing they could do. Matilde Mellibovsky did a wonderful job of portraying the hurt, despair, and helplessness of the mothers as they did everything they could think of to find their disappeared children. I think this a great book that really touched me. However, some of the stories did seem a little repetitive.
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Summary: Mothers desperate attempts
Review: Circle of Love over Death, written by Matilde Mellibovsky, gives true testimonies from mothers from Argentina who had lost their children. These testimonies are true stories from women who's children have disappeared during the Argentinian "dirty war." The Mothers, in order to get some justice, appear at the Plaza de Mayo every Thursday afternoon demanding for answers about the disappearnce of their children. This book portrays the love that these women had for their children. These women not only are not only fighting for human's rights, but as for rights as a mother. Even when they received no answers when questioning authorities they still kept marching.
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Summary: A Mother in Despair
Review: Circle of Love over Death, written by Matilde Mellibovsky, gives true testimonies from the Mother's of the Plaza de Mayo. These are true stories from women who's children have disappeared during the Argentinian "dirty war." The Mothers and Grandmothers share their stories to let others know what happen. The Mothers and Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo never stop fighting for the truth and continue to wait for justice to be served. They continue to march in the Plaza even today. This was an excellent book that I would reccomend to anyone.
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Summary: Chilling Descriptions
Review: Circle of Love was a meloncoly book that had many testimonies of Mother's who lost children during Argentina's "dirty war". It takes the reader on a journey into many individuals first hand accounts of Argentina's unknown dark world of imprisonment and torture. This was a real eye opener for those interested in learning more about the tolmultuous recent history of Argentina's struggle for political stability.
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