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Prayers for the Stolen
Prayers for the Stolen | Jennifer Clement
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Now we make you ugly, my mother said. The best thing you can be in Mexico is an ugly girl. On the mountainside in rural Mexico where Ladydi lives, being a girl is dangerous. Especially a pretty one. If the Narcos hear there is a pretty girl on the mountain, they steal her. So when the black SUVs roll into town, Ladydi and her friends hide in the warren of holes scattered across the mountain, safely out of sight. Because the stolen girls dont come back. Ladydi is determined to get out, to find a life that offers more than just the struggle to survive. But she soon finds that the drug cartels have eyes everywhere, and the cities are no safer than the mountains.
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JackieGreco
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I thought that this was an interesting read. I was captivated by the story although I found the writing to be a bit simple and fantastical at times. 4/5

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Tove_Reads
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Should be some good ones here! My library haul of the day.

TrishB Looks like 👍🏻 4y
Ruthiella Wolf Hall! ❤️ 4y
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pigeonsandcrows
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4.5 stars. I simply can't express how much I appreciate what Clement has done with this short and extremely creative book. Such a unique style. I could read her writing all day long. The book spans years of the life of teenage Ladydi and her mother and friends in an area of Mexico ruled by drug lords. I don't want to preempt any of the clever plotting she's done and give any spoilers, so I'll just say I found this book intriguing and quirky.

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pigeonsandcrows
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So far this book is amazing! It's the story of a girl, Ladydi, who lives in a rural area of Mexico filled with criminals, kidnappers, and high level drug traffickers. All the good men have left the area to seek work elsewhere with promises to send money to their families. The landscape is fantastic and one review on the back calls it "a glorious fever dream of honesty and love." I'm slightly less than halfway through and excited to keep reading.

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BlazinHoney
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Heart wrenching but good read 👍🏽

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Keturah_Dockery
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Really enjoyed this touching jewel of a book! My heart aches for these girls in this coming of age tale.

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KyrstinElizabeth
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I wanted to be given instructions. I wanted to obey him. I wanted to kneel.

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BookishTrish
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❤️❤️❤️ My #giveaway #bookmail arrived! Thank you @REPollock The Roadmap is an awesome unexpected surprise!

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CoffeeNBooks
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Thank you @REPollock for the opportunity to win Prayers for the Stolen in your #NoFooling giveaway!!

hermyknee Such a good book ♥️ 7y
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ephemeralwaltz
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Great giveaway buy @REPollock ! 😍 I hope you're enjoying being on Litsy. Littens, head over to her page for details on this #NoFooling giveaway - I had completely forgotten that it was April's fools!
I'd love to win Prayers for the Stolen! 😍

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BookishTrish
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#giveaway #nofooling @REPollock I loved Clements‘ book Widow Basquiat and somehow missed that she‘d written more.

Penny_LiteraryHoarders Prayers for the Stolen is not for the faint of heart but wow what a phenomenal book!! 7y
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StephanieGeiser
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Thanks for the opportunity to win a book from your shelf! (And congrats on hosting your first giveaway!) I would love to win a copy of Prayers for the Stolen.

#nofooling #giveaway

Lola Prayers is excellent. I read it after Kazuo Ishiguro talked about it with great enthusiasm at a release event for The Buried Giant and I was not disappointed. 7y
StephanieGeiser @Lola Awesome!! Thanks for sharing! I had never heard of it before but now I‘m even more excited for the chance to own it! 7y
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REPollock
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My 1st Litsy #giveaway launch!

Want one of these two books? Post which one you would like to win with the hashtag #NoFooling between now & April 1st, & I‘ll pick two winners at random the morning of the 2nd.

Don‘t forget to tag me @REPollock to make sure I see your entry!

ETA: open internationally! Can you help me boost this, @LitsyHappenings ? Thank you!

AmyG Thank you! 7y
BookishTrish Open internationally? 🇨🇦 7y
REPollock @BookishTrish I will gladly ship to Canada! 7y
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Conservio
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Digging this cover art #Mexico

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REPollock
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What a specific narrative voice. This is not a book I can love, but it‘s one I can appreciate having read. I lived in Mexico one summer but this is a completely different world than the town I was in. Such an emotionally desolate landscape, the Mexico of this story.

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REPollock
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“I only went to school until the end of primary. I was a boy most of that time.”

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REPollock
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OMGGGGG this is so cool! I am all in for this concept. #Alignist

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REPollock
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Super psyched about this new book club #Alignist - especially because I‘m so peeved at how #BotM has gotten so lame with ditching judges.

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REPollock
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This looks like it's going to be the inaugural offering from the #Alignist book box subscription. Anybody signed up for that? It seems like a fantastic idea.

2BR02B The proximity of the book and bowl of soup make me nervous. What if the tray gets jostled? Mind the splatters! 😓 7y
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Exlibrisbitsy
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A powerful story about love and survival. In a small border town in Mexico Ladydi grows up in the shadow of the drug war. Taught from a young age to make herself ugly, to lie and say she was a boy, and to run and hide. All so that she could avoid becoming one of the stolen, young girls pressed into slavery by the drug cartels. This book manages to be both incredibly dark and yet full of hope.

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AbstractMonica
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This was a blunt read on the harsh and very real lives of many women in Mexico. The story takes place in a small mountain village near Acapulco, where all the women are either left widowed or abandoned, and left to fend for themselves and their children.

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AbstractMonica
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"Can you believe that there are only twenty-six letters to say everything? There are only twenty-six letters to talk about love and jealousy and God."

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AbstractMonica
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Half way through this book, and it's definitely a page turner. I'm finishing up this chapter (and my mimosa), and getting ready to seize the day 🤗#vegasbabyvegas

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AbstractMonica
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💁🏻🍷📖 reading hour, and I'm loving this book so far.

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AbstractMonica
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Just saw this book at the library, and it caught my eye. It's about devastating hardships women face in Guerrero, Mexico. I can't wait to dive in.

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A_planNerd
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"The best thing you can be in Mexico is an ugly girl"

MrBook Welcome to @Litsy ! We hope you enjoy your stay, I think you'll like it here 😎👍🏻. 8y
A_planNerd Thanks!! Glad I joined the Litsy community. Already loving it. @MrBook 8y
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Lasalsas
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A short read. Beautiful descriptions of the haunting realities that continue to happen in Mexico.

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Booklover52
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A disheartening story about the life of girls/women in Mexico and the drug cartel. A must read to appreciate our lives as American women!

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dog_earedbookreviews
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Clement is a poet, which certainly shines through in her prose and brings both the landscape of rural Mexico and her characters to life. She creates a portrait of the strength, loyalty, and community of women in rural Mexico in the face of very real violence.

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