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The Book Of Emma Reyes: A Memoir In Correspondence
'The moment I finished this memoir I read it again No other book I've ever read has left me so deeply involved with its author' DIANA ATHILL'Astonishing - I read it in a single gulp' DEBORAH MOGGACH'A jewel of a book' NINA STIBBE'Emma's letters remind me what reading and writing are for' LOUISA YOUNG This astonishing memoir of a childhood lived in extreme poverty in Latin America was hailed as an instant classic when first published in Colombia in 2012 nine years after the death of its author who was encouraged in her writing by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Comprised of letters written over the course of thirty years it describes in vivid painterly detail the remarkable courage and limitless imagination of a young girl growing up with nothing Emma was an illegitimate child raised in a windowless
room in Bogota with no water or toilet and only ingenuity to keep her and her sister alive Abandoned by their mother she and her sister moved to a convent housing 150 orphan girls where they washed pots ironed and mended laundry scrubbed floors cleaned bathrooms and sewed garments and decorative cloths for church Illiterate and knowing nothing of the outside world Emma escaped at age nineteen eventually coming to have a career as an artist and to befriend the likes of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Far from self-pitying the portrait that emerges from this clear-eyed account inspires awe at the stunning early life of a gifted writer whose talent remained hidden for far too long
room in Bogota with no water or toilet and only ingenuity to keep her and her sister alive Abandoned by their mother she and her sister moved to a convent housing 150 orphan girls where they washed pots ironed and mended laundry scrubbed floors cleaned bathrooms and sewed garments and decorative cloths for church Illiterate and knowing nothing of the outside world Emma escaped at age nineteen eventually coming to have a career as an artist and to befriend the likes of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Far from self-pitying the portrait that emerges from this clear-eyed account inspires awe at the stunning early life of a gifted writer whose talent remained hidden for far too long
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