Between 2005 and 2009, in a remote religious Mennonite colony, over a hundred girls and women were knocked unconscious and raped, often repeatedly, by what many thought were ghosts or demons, as a punishment for their sins. As the women tentatively began to share the details of the attacks-waking up sore and bleeding and not understanding why-their stories were chalked up to 'wild female imagination.' Women Talking is an imagined response to these real events. Eight women, all illiterate, without any knowledge of the world outside their colony and unable even to speak the language of the country they live in, meet secretly in a hayloft with the intention of making a decision about how to protect themselves and their daughters from future harm. They have two days to make a plan, while the men of the colony are away in the city attempting to raise enough money to bail out the rapists (not ghosts as it turns out but local men) and bring them home.
© 2018 W. F. Howes Ltd (Audiolibro): 9781528813235
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Audiolibro: 20 de diciembre de 2018
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Between 2005 and 2009, in a remote religious Mennonite colony, over a hundred girls and women were knocked unconscious and raped, often repeatedly, by what many thought were ghosts or demons, as a punishment for their sins. As the women tentatively began to share the details of the attacks-waking up sore and bleeding and not understanding why-their stories were chalked up to 'wild female imagination.' Women Talking is an imagined response to these real events. Eight women, all illiterate, without any knowledge of the world outside their colony and unable even to speak the language of the country they live in, meet secretly in a hayloft with the intention of making a decision about how to protect themselves and their daughters from future harm. They have two days to make a plan, while the men of the colony are away in the city attempting to raise enough money to bail out the rapists (not ghosts as it turns out but local men) and bring them home.
© 2018 W. F. Howes Ltd (Audiolibro): 9781528813235
Fecha de lanzamiento
Audiolibro: 20 de diciembre de 2018
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Descubre un mundo infinito de historias
Calificación general basada en 20 reseñas
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Darina
20 feb 2023
No es mi historia favorita por muchos factores pero me pareció interesante conocer de los hechos ocurridos y tener cierta perspectiva.
Sylvia
8 feb 2023
Estoy en shock. Impactante historia
Lucy
3 feb 2023
magnificent story
Cecilia
20 may 2023
Gran libro, muchos plot twist, emocional, emotivo pero inspirador. Puede parecer lento pero es muy interesante
May
4 abr 2023
Es un libro que permite conocer el aislamiento en el que viven las mujeres menonitas y lo fácil que es ejercer control y violencia en aislamiento. Es esperanzador puesto que ellas aún en esas condiciones logran consensar y empoderarse.
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