{"product_id":"leonor-by-paula-delgado-kling-9781682194478","title":"Leonor","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in the author's homeland, Colombia, this is the heartbreaking story of \u003cem\u003eLeonor\u003c\/em\u003e, former child soldier of the FARC, a rural guerrilla group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePaula Delgado-Kling followed Leonor for nineteen years, from shortly after she was an active member of the FARC, forced into sexual slavery by a commander thirty-four years her senior, through her rehabilitation and struggle with alcohol and drug addiction, to more recent days as the mother of two girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeonor's physical beauty, together with resourcefulness and imagination in the face of horrendous circumstances, helped her carve a space for herself in a male-dominated world. She never stopped believing that she was a woman of worth and importance. It took her many years of therapy to accept that she was also a victim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the story of Leonor, Delgado-Kling interweaves the experiences of her own family, involved with Colombian politics since the 19th century and deeply afflicted, too, by the decades of violence there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46844362260716,"sku":"9781682194478","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/25733843482786.jpg?v=1758838978","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/leonor-by-paula-delgado-kling-9781682194478","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}