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A flower traveled in my blood : the incredible true story of the grandmothers who fought to find a stolen generation of children Cover Image

A flower traveled in my blood : the incredible true story of the grandmothers who fought to find a stolen generation of children / Haley Cohen Gilliland.

Incredible true story of the grandmothers who fought to find a stolen generation of children (other title)

Cohen Gilliland, Haley, 1989- (author.).

Summary:

"The epic, true story of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, grandmothers who fought to find their stolen grandchildren during Argentina's brutal dictatorship"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781668017142
ISBN: 1668017148
ISBN: 9781668017159
ISBN: 1668017156
Physical Description: xxxi, 472 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : map, illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2025.
Copyright: ©2025

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-452) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Map -- Timeline of historical events -- Glossary of terms -- Prologue: The toy store -- Part I: The disappeared. The castaways ; Perón or death ; Perón and death ; Now, now, now ; The pink panther ; El proceso ; Walls of glass ; Show me the body ; White wool ; Nothing to lose -- Part II: The grandmothers. Azucena ; The mothers ; The grandmothers ; A visit to the tailor ; Operation Condor ; The Britos sisters ; The survivors ; A drop of life -- Part III: Blood ties. Las Malvinas ; A bird lived in me ; Paula ; Story problems ; The index of grandpaternity ; Madame Defarge ; Nunca más ; A mother's mark ; Daughters of the state ; Fallout ; The deli fridge ; A systematic plan -- Part IV: Rebirth. Guillermo ; Confronting Gómez ; Genetics doesn't lie ; Baba ; Thicker than water ; The day the portraits came down ; Rodolfo Fernando ; Complete memory ; Thank you for waiting ; Ten World Cups ; Something like justice ; A flower traveled in my blood -- Epilogue: Now and forever -- About this book -- List of grandchildren located by the abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (as of February 2025) -- List of grandchildren still sought by the abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (as of February 2025) -- Acknowledgments -- A note on sources -- Notes -- Further reading -- Image credits -- Index.