A review by sssnoo
Bitter Grounds by Sandra Benítez

4.0

Loved this book. A three generation family saga. I enjoy learning history through novels. I knew so little about El Salvador, just basic headlines. This brought to life the chronic struggle between land owners and workers overlaid by one corrupt government after another. Some reviewers thought it was a soap opera - well welcome to real life. I enjoyed the way a radio soap opera is followed by the women across the decades; how the stories on the radio were not that far from reality. But then I watched General Hospital for years. And I have lived long enough to know our lives are actually not that far off from a soap opera. So I enjoyed the book.