In conversation with Ilyon Woo and Kim Coleman Foote, moderated by Faith Childs
1:20 – 2:10 at Church of the Redeemer
About the author
Andrea Yaryura Clark grew up in Argentina amid the political turmoil of the 1970s until her family relocated to North America. After completing her university studies, she returned to Buenos Aires to reconnect with her roots. By the mid-1990s, many sons and daughters of the “Disappeared”—the youngest victims of Argentina’s military dictatorship in the 1970s—were coming of age and grappling with the fates of their families. She interviewed several of these children, and their experiences inspired her debut novel. She lives in Brooklyn.
MFOB featured book: On a Night of a Thousand Stars
In this moving, emotional narrative of love and resilience, a young couple confronts the start of Argentina’s Dirty War in the 1970s, and a daughter searches for truth twenty years later. In compelling fashion, On a Night of a Thousand Stars speaks to relationships, morality, and identity during a brutal period in Argentinian history, and the understanding and redemption people crave in the face of tragedy.
