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Author Keilt, Karen, author.

Title The parrot's perch : a memoir / Karen Keilt.

Publication Info. Berkeley, CA : She Writes Press, 2019.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  981.06 KEILT    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  981.063 KEILT    Check Shelf
Description 285 pages ; 22 cm
Summary "The Parrot's Perch opens in 2013, when Karen Keilt, age sixty, receives an invitation to testify at the Brazilian National Truth Commission at the UN in New York. The email sparks memories of her "previous life"--the one she has kept safely bottled up for more than thirty-seven years. Hopeful of helping to raise awareness about ongoing human rights violations in Brazil, she wants to testify, but she anguishes over reliving the horrific events of her youth. In the pages that follow, Keilt tells the story of her life in Brazil--from her exclusive, upper-class lifestyle and dreams of Olympic medals to her turmoil-filled youth. Full of hints of a dark oligarchy in Brazil, corruption, crime, and military interference, The Parrot's Perch is a searing, sometimes shocking true tale of suffering, struggle--and survival."--Amazon.com.
Subject Keilt, Karen.
State crimes -- Brazil -- Case studies.
Victims of state-sponsored terrorism -- Brazil -- Biography.
Disappeared persons -- Brazil -- Biography.
Torture victims -- Brazil -- Biography.
Drug traffic -- Brazil -- Case studies.
Drug dealers -- Brazil -- Biography.
Human rights -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.
Brazil -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Disappeared persons. (OCoLC)fst00894675
Drug dealers. (OCoLC)fst01432137
Drug traffic. (OCoLC)fst00898722
Human rights. (OCoLC)fst00963285
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
State crimes. (OCoLC)fst01762514
Torture victims. (OCoLC)fst01152974
Victims of state-sponsored terrorism. (OCoLC)fst01166343
Brazil. (OCoLC)fst01206830
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781631525711 (paperback)
1631525719 (paperback)
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