ISBN 978-612-03-0644-4

Reseña

The idea of ​​telling the stories of women that I heard a few years ago, during my work in different places in my country, Peru, and in Mexico, was something that was present from the moment I heard them. I have to admit that they were stories that helped me look at life in a different way, through the lives of the women protagonists of each story, but I also want to recognize that I narrate and share these stories because of the strong effect that knowing that there are many people who have such different lives, but that despite adversity they move forward and continue on their paths.
The stories found in this book are the most faithful to the original, narrated by the protagonists themselves in the midst of medical care, whether in Lima or Mexico. I chose the stories of women because of the deep pain that I could feel when I met them, since they are stories full of pain, suffering, violence, indifference, injustice, machismo, but at the same time the stories also show strength, determination, courage, faith, hope and tenacity. I felt called to share them because although at first their pain also became my pain, but later I was able to feel their strength, and I felt inspired by them in the midst of their pain.
Women of the living flesh is thus born in the midst of everyday life and tells everyday stories, with the raw humanity of the protagonists being the main actress of each of the stories, narrated seeking to respect the pain of each one, but without failing to mention that they were the object of violence throughout their lives. The identity of each of them is protected so the names of each story are not the real names of the women, and I have also avoided giving many details of the places where the stories took place.
With this book I want to raise people's awareness of the reality that many people live, when we know what other people live in their lives, this can help us open our eyes and hearts, instead of judging or omitting wrong judgments regarding the different realities that we can see. In this book I tell different stories in different settings, but even though the stories take place in different places, the similarity of the experiences shows that violence, indifference, and injustice have no borders or limits, so the stories are not limited to a certain space, which can help us think that these realities can occur anywhere on the planet.