Overview
«ME NIEGO A QUE OTROS CUENTENMI HISTORIA POR MÍ. QUIERO DEJAR MI HISTORIA [...]LA REAL, LA IMPERFECTA, LA QUE INCOMODA.»
Saskia Niño de Rivera Cover cuenta en este libro los momentos que la han marcado en su labor como promotora de la justicia, el dolor que le causa la impunidad creciente y su amor por México. Abre su corazón para ofrecer páginas conmovedoras dedicadas a su esposa y a sus hijos, los obstáculos que representa ser madre en una relación homoparental y los prejuicios que debe superar en el camino para ser una activista social combativa y soñadora.
Vulnerable y desafiante, detalla la vida de esa niña lastimada por el abuso sexual, sus esfuerzos en el estudio, la fuerza de su amor en la adolescencia y su salida del clóset; su defensa de la igualdad y del amor libre, y cómo enfrenta el odio y las críticas por su trabajo profesional. El libro revela las opiniones y polémicas de la mujer que entrevista a secuestradores, asesinos, pederastas, con el mismo rigor que entra en la vida de sobrevivientes de la violencia que se impone en nuestro país. De manera frontal confiesa el dolor que le produce coincidir con niñas y niños integrados a las filas del crimen organizado y sus objetivos en los proyectos Reinserta y Penitencia donde insiste en que es fundamental conocer el delito para no cometerlo, y saber por qué está tan roto nuestro tejido social.
Uno de los grandes propósitos de la autora es contar su historia para que sus hijos al crecer sepan quién es su madre, cuáles fueron sus pasiones y caídas, revelar sus momentos más oscuros (personales y profesionales). Decirles que los ama y que trabaja por un México en el que prevalezca la tolerancia, el respeto y la libertad.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
I REFUSE TO LET OTHERS TELL MY STORY FOR ME. I WANT TO LEAVE BEHIND MY STORY […] THE REAL ONE, THE IMPERFECT ONE, THE ONE THAT MAKES PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE.
Saskia Niño de Rivera Cover shares in this book the moments that have marked her work as a promoter of justice, the pain caused by growing impunity, and her deep love for Mexico. She opens her heart and offers these moving pages dedicated to her wife and children, the challenges of being a mother in a same-sex relationship, and the prejudices she must overcome on her path as a social activist who is both combative and idealistic.
Vulnerable yet defiant, she recounts the life of a girl scarred by sexual abuse, her dedication to study, the strength of her teenage love, and her coming out; her defense of equality and free love, and how she faces hatred and criticism for her professional work. The book reveals the thoughts and controversies of a woman who interviews kidnappers, murderers, and pedophiles with the same rigor she applies to understanding survivors of the violence that grips Mexico. With striking honesty, she confesses the pain she feels when encountering children drawn into organized crime, and explains her goals with the Reinserta and Penitencia projects, where she insists it is essential to understand crime in order not to commit it—and to grasp why our social fabric is so deeply torn.
One of the author’s greatest purposes is to tell her story so that her children, as they grow up, will know who their mother is—her passions, her falls, and her darkest moments, both personal and professional. To tell them she loves them, and that she works for a Mexico where tolerance, respect, and freedom prevail.
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