Tag: Fruit of the Drunken Tree

We are excited to announce that the Modern Latina Book Club will be reading Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras. Her novel, Fruit of the Drunken Tree, is a national bestseller and New York Times Editor Pick. This autobiographically inspired story takes place in Bogotá, Colombia during the height of the Pablo Escobar’s drug cartel in the 1990s. The two main characters, nine-year-old Chula Santiago and her family maid, thirteen-year-old Petrona represent contrasting socioeconomic classes which determines how they experience their violent environment. The Modern Latina Book Club will begin reading the book on 10/19/20. Join the reading.