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Follow on Google News | New Book Reflects on the Lessons Learned in LifeTamara wakes to the news that rebel forces are attempting to overthrow the government of Venezuela. She focuses on her past by retracing her childhood and life. In her reflection, she recalls memories of both democracy and dicatorship in Venezuela.
She seeks reassurance in her troubled present by revisiting her childhood in Merida, youth in Caracas, university years in Dallas, Texas, and her return to Caracas as an adult. Lastly she relives becoming a wife and mother, and how she has witnessed both dictatorship and democracy in Venezuela. Through the story of her life, she reveals her relationships with her family, friends, society, and ultimately herself. Sturges-Vera has a BA from Middlebury College and an MA in International Relations from George Washington University. Her main focus of study was the economic development of Latin America, and she has traveled extensively in Venezuela and Europe. She now lives in Vienna, Austria with her husband and two children. "Orchids of Venezuela" is available in softcover (ISBN 1-58939-829- # # # About Virtualbookworm: Website: www.virtualbookworm.com End
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