The Blue Line

Name: The Blue Line
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Ingrid Betancourt
ISBN: 9781511342421

Author: Ingrid Betancourt

Narrator: Roxanne Hernandez

Unabridged: 10 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 01/26/2016

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Political

Synopsis

From the extraordinary Colombian French politician and activist Ingrid Betancourt, a stunning debut novel about freedom and fateSet against the backdrop of Argentina’s Dirty War and infused with magical realism, The Blue Line is a breathtaking story of love and betrayal by one of the world’s most renowned writers and activists. Ingrid Betancourt, author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Even Silence Has An End, draws on history and personal experience in this deeply felt portrait of a woman coming of age as her country falls deeper and deeper into chaos. A tale of extraordinary women, The Blue Line is a story centered on the consequences of oppression, collective subservience and individual courage, and, most of all, the notion that belief in the future of humanity is an act of faith most beautiful and deserving.

About Ingrid Betancourt

Born on December 25, 1961, in Bogotá, Colombia, Ingrid Betancourt was a politician and presidential candidate celebrated for her determination to combat widespread corruption. In 2002 she was taken hostage by the FARC, a brutal terrorist guerrilla organization, and held for more than six and a half years in the Colombian jungle. She was rescued in 2008. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Even Silence Has an End.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Trish

Ingrid Betancourt’s fiction debut is a smart, sophisticated, compelling psychological thriller about the nature of marriage, love, and revenge. Socially relevant and politically astute, it has a restraint, grace, and fluency few novelists master. Set in Argentina in the late 1970’s, and the United St......more

Goodreads review by La Petite Américaine

It's taken me 6 months to process what I've read here. Some thoughts/disclaimers before I even start: --I've been deleting ARC offers from publishers for years; this is the only one I've ever accepted (don't ask why, it's a long story) --I can never fairly review anything this chick has written, given......more

Goodreads review by Stacia

Even though it has a distant feel to it, I still found it hard/emotionally challenging to read. That's good, as it's about Argentina's Dirty War. Stressful to read. The reviews mention that it has a magical realism component, but I wouldn't call it that. It hinges more on a few people who are 'seers'......more