Présentation de l'éditeur
A remarkable memoir of one woman's struggle to survive the social upheaval, violence and transformation of Latin America over the past several decades. A story of tremendous strength, perseverance, motherhood and love.
Biographie de l'auteur
Nadejda Marques was born in Recife, Brazil and raised in Latin America. Before her third birthday, she had survived two military coups d'etat, in Brazil and Chile. From 1998 to 2002, Nadejda served as translator and special correspondent with The Washington Post in Brazil. In 1999, she helped create a Brazilian human rights organization, Justica Global (or Global Justice), dedicated to documenting and denouncing abuses and promoting respect for human rights in Brazil. Since 2003, Nadejda has also worked with human rights organizations working in Angola. Nadejda has written and translated several human rights reports including: Unfinished Democracy: Media and Political Freedoms in Angola (author, Human Rights Watch, 2004); Struggling Through Peace: Return and Resettlement in Angola (author, Human Rights Watch, 2003); Behind Bars in Brazil (translator, Human Rights Watch, 1998); Police Brutality in Brazil (translator, Human Rights Watch, 1997). Nadejda lives with her family in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she teaches Latin American studies and languages. In the past several years, she has taught courses on Portuguese, Spanish, Brazilian Civilization, Native Peoples of South America and Latin America through film at Bentley College, Boston University, Harvard University, and the University of Massachusetts in Boston.
