El País Bajo Mi Piel / The Country Under My Skin -- Gioconda Belli

from mkboylan

This is an intriguing memoir of a woman born into the Nicaraguan upper class, whose experiences and insights cause her to join the Sandinista revolution, work in the Ortega administration, marry an American reporter from NPR and move to Santa Monica, California.  What a fascinating life and what ...

from paperloverevolution

It happens to all of us. You meet someone - at a party, maybe, or a coffee shop - someone so beautiful you feel slightly blinded, and when you try to talk it just comes out all garbled and stupid. Your hands twist and your heart constricts, like you're trying to curl up into yourself for safety. ...

from schrader.jill

This is one of my favorite books. And I don't name very many books in that category. Belli writes entertainingly about her experience with the FSLN, her frustrations with the organization and even her personal relationships. I've read this book many times and will read it again!

from purplehena

I absolutely love this book ... Gioconda Belli is the type of woman I aspire to be (okay, maybe without the affairs): strong, intelligent, committed to the cause of making her world a better place, and still completely feminine. This is a great book to read if you want an insider's perspective of...

from starbox

"What was it that enabled people to give their lives for an idea, for the freedom of others?",, 2 June 2015 This review is from: The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War (Paperback) The Sandinistas and the Contras were just words to me, and I wondered whether this autobiography of a wo...