Fruit of the Drunken Tree offers a wake-up call for many. “Simultaneously propulsive and poetic, reminiscent of Isabel Allende. “One of the most dazzling and devastating novels I’ve read in a long time…An exquisitely intimate double portrait of two young of Fruit of the Drunken Tree will surely be transformed." I can only hope they’ll be as sensitive and thoughtful as this one.” “A beautifully rendered novel of an Escobar-era Colombian childhood.You don’t need to have grown up in Bogota to be taken in by Contreras’s simple but memorable prose and absorbing storyline…I can’t help wondering what novels about Colombia 25 years from now will have to say about this current period. Inspired by the author's own life, Fruit of the Drunken Tree is a powerful testament to the impossible choices women are often forced to make in the face of violence and the unexpected connections that can blossom out of desperation.
As both girls’ families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula find themselves entangled in a web of secrecy. Petrona is a young woman crumbling under the burden of providing for her family as the rip tide of first love pulls her in the opposite direction.
When her mother hires Petrona, a live-in-maid from the city’s guerrilla-occupied neighborhood, Chula makes it her mission to understand Petrona’s mysterious ways. “Simultaneously propulsive and poetic, reminiscent of Isabel Allende.Listen to this new author’s voice-she has something powerful to say.” - Entertainment Weekly
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