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"""Sometimes, democracy must be bathed in blood."" General Augusto Pinochet A young Jesuit priest returns to Chile and a politically divided Catholic Church. After a violent military coup, his bishop assigns Alejandro the task of guiding and protecting the women of a church-sponsored workshop. At first reluctant to waste his time with lower-class women, Father Saavedra soon discovers their extraordinary courage and unexpected wisdom. He also comes to admire the beauty of the arpilleras, or tapestries, they create to protest the violence of General Pinochet's regime and its personal toll on their lives.. The women of the Holy Rosary workshop, brutally frank and disrespectful of all authority, gradually form a family with Father Saavedra and the three upper-class women who assist them in surprising ways. For nearly seventeen years, young or old, they share their personal stories, learn from each other, and fight against a government determined to incarcerate or kill anyone who opposes or criticizes them and quash their own countrymen's struggle for human dignity."

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Before beginning her career as a storyteller, a term she prefers to novelist or writer, Diana Clark was an editor at Northland Press in Flagstaff, Arizona, and, later, the Publications Director at the Museum of Northern Arizona Press. Her deepest interests, often the background for her stories, are Latin American political history and culture. She is an enthusiastic supporter of preservation, both cultural and natural, and, like all of us, Diana also loves a good romance. Her education includes a Master's Degree in Latin American history from the University of Toledo and a Ph.D. in American history/political science from Northern Arizona University. She lives and works in Mazatlan, Mexico.

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