You have to adapt. When young people question, it always seems too much, it seems extreme. But in this struggle, wonderful things happen. New ideas, new art, new creativity.
We are pushing history. And a lot of young women [absorbed] that idea. Change it. Just do the work. Sometimes they are in a situation in which their abuser is in the house, and there are no resources because everything is locked down, and they will be the last ones to recover.
Women have to be very alert, vigilant, because we can lose everything. Allende undoubtedly knows about loss. In her cousin, the socialist presidentSalvador Allende, was toppled by Pinochet during a violent coup and killed.
She was blacklisted by the government and fled with her husband and two children to Venezuela, where they stayed for 13 years.
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She hopes President Joe Biden can change things, although believes that he will face tough obstacles. They and their descendants have contributed immensely to Chile, as most immigrants do. They were lucky. Nowadays most refugees are received with hostility, if received at all. Q: Ultimately, A Long Petal of the Sea is a story about finding joy and love in a time of chaos and anxiety. What are some lessons you think readers can take away to navigate this current climate of global uncertainty?
I was born during the Second World War, during the Holocaust, the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and many other terrible events. I am 78 years old. In my lifetime I have experienced times of uncertainty several times. When that happens, I always remember that everything is temporary, everything changes, the nature of life is impermanence and uncertainty.
We control very little, but we can control how we react to our circumstances. This global crisis will also pass. The definition of crisis is danger plus opportunity. I hope that this danger will give us the opportunity to create a better world and a brighter future for everybody, not just the privileged.
Q: The book is also a reminder that life is an odyssey that transcends lands and borders. I have been a foreigner all my life. I was born in Peru and raised in Chile during the first years of my childhood. My home is where my loved ones are. My husband, my son and daughter-in-law, my three grandchildren and most of my friends are in California.
Also, my foundation and my work are in California. However, when asked from where I am, my answer is always Chile. In truth, I have lived very few years in Chile.
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