Review: Fruit of the Drunken Tree

Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book was spectacular. It takes place in Bogota, Colombia. The daughter of an affluent family strikes up an unlikely (but predictable) friendship with a young maid who comes to work in her home. The story alternates between their two points of view during the great political unrest of Bogota in the 1990's. It's devastating at times, as the girls don't understand the significance of many of the choices they make, and because there is a sense of determinism based on their classes that pervades the book. That said, it is a beautifully written book.

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