A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible
True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children
by Haley Cohen Gilliland
Descriptions
For readers of Say Nothing and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the epic, true story of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, grandmothers who fought to find their stolen grandchildren during Argentina?s brutal dictatorship.In the early hours of March 24th, 1976, the streets of Buenos Aires rumbled with tanks as soldiers seized the presidential palace, overthrowing Argentina?s leader. To many, it seemed like just another coup in a continent troubled by them, amid political violence and Cold War tensions. But there was something darker about this new regime. Quietly supported by the United States and much of Argentina itself, which was sick of constant bombings and gunfights, the junta quickly launched the ?National Reorganization Process? or El Proceso?a bland name masking their ruthless campaign to crush the political left and instill the country with ?Western, Christian? values. The dictatorship, which continued until 1983, decimated a generation. One of the military?s most diabolical