Across the Divides, Chile: A Different Perspective - Couverture rigide

Williamson-Smith, Gill

 
9781906050498: Across the Divides, Chile: A Different Perspective
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 190605049X ISBN 13 : 9781906050498
Editeur : Melrose Books, 2008

Présentation de l'éditeur

In the challenges confronted by a very ordinary family in far from ordinary circumstances, the author writes of the divides encountered and crossed in a country torn apart politically as well as geologically. Gill Williamson Smith arrived in Marxist Chile with her Anglican minister husband and their three children, all under four years, to an earthquake, endless queues for food, political intrigues and assassinations. Within three years fragile democracy was replaced by a harsh military dictatorship. The call of God took them from working among Cockneys in the East End of London to well-heeled, middle-class Chileans and Diplomats, a call tested in the crucible of adversity. Humour and frustration, laughter and tears, hopes and fears give the reader some idea of living out the Christian faith in both Allende s and Pinochet s Chile. Pre-conceived ideas of those on the other side , both in politics and in faith, are re-defined for the author as God is encountered in surprising ways. Tracing the lives of some of those leads the reader to a discovery of far-reaching consequences, both within and beyond Chile today.

Revue de presse

This book is a real history of a person who has lived in Chile at the time of conflict and despair; however Gill in her book is able to write lively experiences in very objective and impartial ways. She also excellently describes her life as a Christian English woman and that of her family living in Chile at a very historical time. Gill is a remarkable person and here is her life history in Chile. 'Across the Divides ...' is a book that has to be read --Pedro A. Gonzalez

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Éditeur
Melrose Books
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
190605049X
ISBN 13 
9781906050498
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
475
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