This debut memoir tells the story of a young girl’s struggle to understand her identity as the daughter of a Jewish mother and a Christian Palestinian father, as she was coming of age in Colombia where increasing violence and the instability of the 1980s were engulfing her country.
Refreshments will be served at 6:45 PM. Author interview and discussion moderated by Nancy Leaderman. Books will be available for purchase. Attendance is free, but registration is requested for refreshment headcount and room setup.
The author grew up with a Jewish mother and a Christian Palestinian father in Colombia during the 1980s. When she asks her parents questions about their family’s ethnicity and religion they answer evasively, defining their family religion and ethnicity as “nothing.” This coming-of-age memoir tells the story of her struggle to understand her identity, as the violence of the drug wars escalates in Colombia and her parents’ marriage is rocked by the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
Sonia Daccarett is a writer and communications professional. Having worked on strategic communications with corporate and non-profit clients for more than two decades, The Roots of the Guava Tree is her debut memoir. Sonia now writes and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she is a member of Congregation Beth Sholom (where BZBI-raised Amanda Russell is her rabbi).
