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What if the story you needed most was buried in your father's past? Ambrosio Benchimol Peres lived one life after another-from a Jewish childhood in the Amazon jungle to selling lingerie in pre-revolutionary Havana to starting multiple import-export companies in the United States-reinventing himself in improbable ways across cities and countries over the course of the twentieth century. In 1992, his adult son, a young federal law clerk, invites him to talk-really talk-for the first time. Armed with a tape recorder and quiet urgency, the son begins asking questions he's never dared to ask before. Why did they move twenty times in twenty years? What drove his father's unrelenting restlessness? And what, if anything, can still be repaired? All while the son confronts a life decision of his own. As the tapes roll, Ambrosio begins to reveal stories both astonishing and evasive: tales of diaspora and resilience, financial booms and busts, failed dreams, lost friends, travel and betrayal. But with each revelation comes another layer of doubt-was it all true, or simply the truth as Ambrosio wanted it remembered? With memory as both bridge and battleground, father and son navigate a maze of ambition, identity, and unfinished love-until a secret emerges that reframes everything the son thought he knew.

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Mark Peres is a writer, professor, and civic thinker whose work explores the intersection of ethics, technology, and the human spirit. He is the author of The Accord, a speculative literary novel about artificial intelligence, grief, and what it means to be alive in relation to another mind. His memoir The Man Who Lived a Hundred Lives explores the weight of legacy, the pull of ambition, and the fraught but redemptive bond between generations.Mark serves as founding director of The Charlotte Center for the Humanities & Civic Imagination, which produces the Charlotte Ideas Festival and other public programs that engage thousands annually. He is also a longtime professor of leadership and ethics at Johnson & Wales University, where he challenges students to reflect deeply on what it means to lead a good life.He previously hosted the On Life and Meaning podcast, a long-form interview series with artists, thinkers, and changemakers, and was founding editor of Charlotte Viewpoint magazine. Mark's writing blends narrative, moral inquiry, and civic imagination. He is a graduate of The Florida State University College of Law and Rollins College, where he studied history and philosophy of religion. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.Learn more at markperes.com

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