My name is Victoria : the extraordinary story of one woman's struggle to reclaim her true identity
/ Victoria Donda ; translated by Magda Bogin ; foreword by Alberto Manguel ; and an afterword by Pablo A. Pozzi
- New York : Other Press , c2011.
- xv, 237 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
"Originally published in Spanish as Mi nombre es Victoria by Editorial Sudamericana, S.A., 2009."
Cori and El Cabo -- Childhood -- A new beginning -- Definitions -- Venceremos -- The beginning of the end -- Victoria -- Blood ties -- Public and private.
In this dramatic memoir, 33-year-old Donda (now a member of the Argentine National Congress and the youngest woman to hold this office) writes about growing up in a middle-class family during the late 1970s under Argentina's last military dictatorship. During the country's upheaval, more than 30,000 people (mostly young) died and many babies were "relocated" to military families after being taken from anti-government sympathizers. Donda was one of those children. In this story of family betrayal and Donda's struggle to understand her childhood, she explains how she was raised as "Analia" on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, and liked to pretend her name was Victoria. After attending law school and continuing her search for her past, Donda was eventually located in the late 1990s by the group Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo. Through DNA testing, she uncovered her real identity and learned to reconcile her two families. For readers interested in Argentina and its political past, this story will fascinate.
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Donda, Victoria
Children of disappeared persons----Argentina----Biography