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I’m traveling and would not usually choose a book like this to read since reading opportunities are irregular. But once I started, I couldn’t stop. Every possible chance I had, I fell back into the twinned stories of Chula and Petrona. Chula’s viewpoint is from 7 years old albeit recounted from an adult perspective. Her relatively privileged world is in black and white, her family and their servant, until tragedy fragments everything. It is Petrona’s Story that broke my heart. From the slums, Petrona must maintain a balancing act between earning money for her family, being loyalty to her employer, and dealing with the dangerous gang liaison that forces a terrible choice on her. Without beating you over the head, you're drawn into the uncertain and often brutal life that many in Colombia still face.
One of the best social justice stories I’ve read.


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Fruit of the Drunken Tree A Novel Ingrid Rojas Contreras 9780385542722 Books Reviews

Set amidst the backdrop of tumultuous early 1990's Columbia, Contreras paints an intimate portrait of youth inexorably caught up in forces beyond their control. A largely ordinary Columbian family in Bogota hires a young girl, 13 year old Petrona, as a home helper. Petrona comes from the invasiones, the slums on the outskirts of the city, largely controlled by the Pablo Escobar's drug cartel. It is a world far removed from that of the Santiagos.

Told through the alternating perspectives of Chula, the 9 year old youngest of two girls in the Santiago family, and Petrona, "Fruit of the Drunken Tree", is about the burgeoning friendship of Chula and Petrona as the violence of the drug world encroaches on the Santiago family and Petrona's first love with Gorrion, a boy from the invasiones, upends the dynamics between the two girls.

Whether you know a lot about Columbia during the late '80s and early '90s or nothing at all, this is a remarkably intimate novel of family, friendship and loss. "Fruit of the Drunken Tree" is a stunning achievement.
I am an American expatriate living in Bogota, my husband a petroleum professional. This book was difficult to read, as for me, it hits a little too close to home. My husband is a Venezuelan-American whose innate paranoia has kept our family safe. We have no "muchachas" cleaning out apartment, and I am reticent even with our own security guards. Colombia, and Bogota in particular, is a very sad, serious place. I now realize that it remains stuck in the cycle of grief. But I am sure that in time, the beautiful things about my host country will emerge once more, its countless breathtaking landscapes, its lovely heritage. I recommend this book to anyone who knows the joy of reading, and it is with complete sincerity that I assure Ms. Rojas that she is in the company of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, demonstrated by the magical and musical way she turns a phrase, even in telling such a difficult tale. Bravo.
Wow I came across this book from listening to a local news station, the interview was amazing! As I'm driving i repeated the title over and over till I came to a stop sign, jotted down the title, waited for the release date then purchased it on , an amazing intriguing novel i literally read it in 2 days, there was never a dull moment I couldn't wait to find out what happens next! If your looking to get lost in a book affair this is a great opportunity! support Ingrid, a true talent at what she does!
Ingrid Rojas Contreras has written a compelling novel of Colombians caught in the crossfire of drug lords, militias, and government forces. She knows of what she writes, having lived through much of the storyline. Contreras has wisely chosen two first-person narrators for the story-- each a character representing a distinct socioeconomic class and sociopolitical reality. The reader benefits from these two points of view and the narrators' observations of how others (adult family members, primarily) experience this violent world.

Contreras writes the narrators from the perspective of the events having taken place in the past, but told by journal entry or as if via an interview. This is a challenge because one of the narrators is so young. Perhaps she is as observant and reflective as her journaling suggests.

This book is a page-turner. It's essential to read the afterword once finished with reading the story. It makes the story all the more powerful.
I’m traveling and would not usually choose a book like this to read since reading opportunities are irregular. But once I started, I couldn’t stop. Every possible chance I had, I fell back into the twinned stories of Chula and Petrona. Chula’s viewpoint is from 7 years old albeit recounted from an adult perspective. Her relatively privileged world is in black and white, her family and their servant, until tragedy fragments everything. It is Petrona’s Story that broke my heart. From the slums, Petrona must maintain a balancing act between earning money for her family, being loyalty to her employer, and dealing with the dangerous gang liaison that forces a terrible choice on her. Without beating you over the head, you're drawn into the uncertain and often brutal life that many in Colombia still face.
One of the best social justice stories I’ve read.