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Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into memoir here are some memoir books from Guatemala for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

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I, Rigoberta Menchu : An Indian Woman in Guatemala by Rigoberta Menchu EN

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A Nobel Peace Prize winner reflects on poverty, injustice, and the struggles of Mayan communities in Guatemala, offering “a fascinating and moving description of the culture of an entire people” (The Times) Now a global bestseller, the remarkable life of Rigoberta Menchú, a Guatemalan peasant woman, reflects on the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America. Menchú suffered gross injustice and hardship in her early life: her brother, father and mother were murdered by the Guatemalan military. She learned Spanish and turned to catechistic work as an expression of political r... continue

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Knitting the Fog by Claudia D. Hernndez EN

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A young Guatemalan immigrant's adolescence is shaped by her journey to the US, as she grapples with Chapina tradition and American culture.


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