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Mexican hooker #1 : art, love and forgiveness after trauma

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  • Author: Aguirre, Carmen
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    9999
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    Carmen Aguirre has lived many lives, all of them to the full. At age six she was a Chilean refugee adjusting to life as a Latina in North America. At eighteen she was a revolutionary dissident married to a generous-hearted man she couldnt fully love. In her early twenties she fought to find her voice as an actress and to break away from the stereotypical roles thrust upon her - Housekeeper, Hotel Maid, Mexican Hooker #1 - all the while navigating the complex paths of lust and heartbreak. As she grew in her career, Aguirre became a writer, a director, an actress, and then a mother, but alongside her many multi-faceted identities was another that was unbearable to embrace yet impossible to escape; that of the thirteen-year-old girl attacked by one of Canadas most feared rapists. Thirty-three years after the assault, Aguirre decided it was time to meet the man who changed her life.

    Original Publisher: Post Hypnotic Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781772561104
    Collection(s)/Series: BC Book Prizes 2017