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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 / Haley Cohen Gilliland.

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.

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.
Subject: Asociación de Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo
Children of disappeared persons > Argentina.
Disappeared persons' families > Argentina.
Genre: Informational works.
Biographies.
Creative nonfiction.

Available copies

  • 12 of 29 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)

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  • 15 current holds with 29 total copies.
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Madison Main Library 362.8 COH (Text) 30229101395175 Adult New Nonfiction Checked out 08/25/2025
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library 362.87 C (Text) 39493110150499 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library 982 Coh (Text) 37807000072957 Adult New Nonfiction Reshelving -
Clemmons Branch 362.87 G 2025 (Text) 0112524651854 Adult New Nonfiction Checked out 08/14/2025
Cliffdale Library CMB1892908 (Text) CMB1892909 Technical Services On order -
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