![]() ![]() ![]() The book follows Ladydi Garcia Martinez and her friends as they try to survive in a world decimated by the immigration to the United States, the violent world of drug traffickers and, most specifically, the stealing of women. My novel Prayers for the Stolen takes place in Mexico in a community outside of the once glamorous port of Acapulco and tells a story that has never been told. In her own words, here is Jennifer Clement's Book Notes music playlist for her novel, Prayers for the Stolen: Stream a playlist of these songs at Spotify. Her portrayal of modern Mexico is heartbreaking a dangerous and damaging environment for women, but her portrait of Ladydi and her refusal to be one of the lost girls is defiantly bold and bravely uncompromising." The sentences are spare and stripped back, but brilliantly manage to contain complex characters and intense emotional histories in a few vividly poetic words. ![]() "Beautifully written.Clement's prose is luminous and startlingly original. Jennifer Clement's Prayers for the Stolen is a powerful and unforgettable novel on the plight of "disappeared" young women in Mexico. Previous contributors include Bret Easton Ellis, Kate Christensen, Kevin Brockmeier, George Pelecanos, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Myla Goldberg, Heidi Julavits, Hari Kunzru, and many others. In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. ![]()
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