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{"id":7078608240699,"title":"Looking for Alicia","handle":"looking-for-alicia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner, 2022 Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWinner, 2024 Montreal Jewish Public Library J.I Segal Award for Best Quebec Book on a Jewish Theme\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe biography of a radical young idealist, her determination to make a difference in the world, and her disappearance in 1976, revealing the human cost and undying legacy of Argentina’s descent into rightwing madness.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/strong\u003eIt started with a coincidence — when Marc Raboy happened to discover that he shared a surname with a young left-wing Argentinian journalist who in 1976 was ambushed by a right-wing death squad while driving with her family. Alicia’s partner was killed on the spot, and their baby daughter was taken and placed in an orphanage. 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Examining Alicia’s and his own different choices and circumstances, he attempts to discover how their lives diverged — and what drives people like Alicia to face death in the pursuit of their ideals.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-01-16T14:22:01-05:00","created_at":"2023-01-16T14:16:57-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Award Winning","Adult Nonfiction","By (author) Raboy Marc","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2022-04-12"],"price":1899,"price_min":1899,"price_max":2299,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41074644779067,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487010546","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Looking for Alicia - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2299,"weight":474,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487010546","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41074645139515,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487010553","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Looking for Alicia - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1899,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487010553","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ed91d23c-c5ed-4d4e-9bee-73c6e8391ded.jpg?v=1733027446"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ed91d23c-c5ed-4d4e-9bee-73c6e8391ded.jpg?v=1733027446","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24941390168123,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2700,"width":1800,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ed91d23c-c5ed-4d4e-9bee-73c6e8391ded.jpg?v=1733027446"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2700,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ed91d23c-c5ed-4d4e-9bee-73c6e8391ded.jpg?v=1733027446","width":1800}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner, 2022 Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWinner, 2024 Montreal Jewish Public Library J.I Segal Award for Best Quebec Book on a Jewish Theme\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe biography of a radical young idealist, her determination to make a difference in the world, and her disappearance in 1976, revealing the human cost and undying legacy of Argentina’s descent into rightwing madness.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/strong\u003eIt started with a coincidence — when Marc Raboy happened to discover that he shared a surname with a young left-wing Argentinian journalist who in 1976 was ambushed by a right-wing death squad while driving with her family. 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Examining Alicia’s and his own different choices and circumstances, he attempts to discover how their lives diverged — and what drives people like Alicia to face death in the pursuit of their ideals.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781487010553","Height":"9","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","MetaKeywords":"ancestry;family tree;lost stories;investigative journalism;latinx;memoir;biography;women in history;south america;canadian non fiction","NumberOfPages":"320","OtherText_Accolades_0":"\u003cp\u003e\"In taking us with him on his dogged search for Alicia, Raboy brings us back to one of the darkest chapters in Argentinian history, which still haunts the country to this day. Alicia’s story is the story of too many Argentinians, which Raboy brings to life in this thoroughly engrossing account.\" — \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Andreas, Brown University, author of \u003cem\u003eRebel Mother: My Childhood Chasing the Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Peter Andreas, Brown University, author of Rebel Mother: My Childhood Chasing the Revolution","OtherText_Accolades_1":"\u003cp\u003e\"Marc Raboy’s personal journey of discovery takes the reader into the terror of Argentina’s 1970s military dictatorship. Rich in anecdote and authoritative political history, this riveting work of remembrance combines thorough research with the pacing of a cracking good novel.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Neal, former Latin America-based journalist and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Rebel Scribe – Carleton Beals and the Progressive Challenge to US Policy in Latin America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Christopher Neal, former Latin America-based journalist and author of The Rebel Scribe – Carleton Beals and the Progressive Challenge to US Policy in Latin America","OtherText_Accolades_2":"\u003cp\u003e\"Marc Raboy’s investigation into the disappearance of Argentine journalist and social activist, Alicia Raboy, \u003cem\u003eLooking for Alicia\u003c\/em\u003e succeeds in many ways. As a personal memoir, it uncovers surprising family links (Marc and Alicia are distantly related). As a political essay, it delves into the nature of repressive and democratic governments. As a page-turning story, it sweeps away the dust around a decades-old mystery. As a cautionary tale, it warns of the consequences that idealistic youth inevitably face in their zeal to confront corrupt powers that be. As a moral treatise, it posits that the search for justice is an obligation that continues long after unpunished crimes were committed.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eJury Citation, Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Jury Citation, Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA compelling exploration of the life story of an Argentine desaparecida (“missing individual”).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpeaks to the complex political situation in Argentina in the 1970s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor fans of complex memoirs, investigative journalism, and historical drama.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA compelling exploration of the life story of an Argentine desaparecida (“missing individual”).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpeaks to the complex political situation in Argentina in the 1970s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor fans of complex memoirs, investigative journalism, and historical drama.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e\"Raboy’s book is an effort to recover something more than the bare-bones official story … it is an attempt to reconstruct the life of a woman who was killed by the state for her radical politics. Attempting this, difficult or impossible as it is, humanizes the victims of the dictatorship and reminds us that though they may be called \u003cem \u003edesaparecidos\u003c\/em\u003e, they did not disappear — they were killed by their fellow Argentines for what they believed in.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJacobin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"White Wall Review","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e\"What had begun as a pleasant vacation and a casual genealogical interest suddenly became the impetus for an in-depth investigation … are the Argentinian Raboys long-lost relatives? The reader will find out, but more important than blood kinship for Marc Raboy is the irreparable bond he has forged with them.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCanadian Jewish News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Literary Review of Canada","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e\"By telling the tale of one person’s political awakening — her commitment, her energy and optimism, and her fate Marc Raboy makes a distant and dismal period of violence and fear accessible.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiterary Review of Canada\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Canadian Jewish News","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem \u003e\"Looking for Alicia \u003c\/em\u003eis an important book\u003cem \u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e In giving a face and a name to one principled victim of the ‘Dirty War,’ it memorializes all of them. It is a stark reminder that there are moral choices to be made. Like Alicia, eventually we all must decide which side we are on.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJewish Book Council\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e\"In sketching the outlines of Alicia’s story, Raboy points us to other mysteries of Argentina’s 1970s and ’80s — thousands of them — still waiting to be solved.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eForeword\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Jacobin","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem \u003e\"Looking for Alicia \u003c\/em\u003eis beautifully written and based on meticulous research.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCanadian Journal of Communication\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Forward","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e\"[Raboy] thoroughly details the political turmoil that existed in Argentina for much of the 20th century, including six military coups that took place between 1930 and 1976 … Raboy links Argentina’s bloody history to the real lives of Alicia, Urondo and their families, but the book also contains detailed information on the country’s political history.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Jewish Book Council","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem \u003e\"Looking for Alicia \u003c\/em\u003eis an unfortunate and stark symbol of the way women’s lives and stories are seen as inconsequential, as vessels for amplifying the lives of people around them. 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Looking for Alicia
The biography of a young idealist's disappearance in 1976, revealing the human cost and undying legacy of Argentina’s descent into rightwing madness.
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ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
Looking for X
A smart, bold, eleven-year-old girl from a poor neighborhood sets out to find her friend X, a mysterious homeless woman who has gone missing.
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ages 12
and up
/ grades 7
and up
Looks Like Daylight
Author Deborah Ellis travels across the continent, interviewing more than forty Native American kids and letting them tell their own stories.
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Loon is a gorgeously illustrated, lyrical non-fiction picture book about the life cycle and habitat of loons.
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Louis Undercover
Louis is a young boy with an alcoholic dad and a worried mom, but with the help of his best friend, summons up the courage to speak to his true love.
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Lucky Dog
A heartwarming memoir by a renowned veterinary oncologist who tells us what we can learn about health care and ourselves from our most beloved pets.
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Lune jaune, lune à bientôt
In this delightful bedtime rhyme a young child bids good night to the moon, recalling all the familiar things surrounding her.
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Maggie & Me
A unique, tender, and witty memoir of surviving the tough streets of small-town Scotland during the Thatcher years.
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ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
Maggie Lou Meets Her Match
In this sequel to Maggie Lou, Firefox, the irrepressible Maggie Lou acquires a new cousin, and a horse — both of whom have minds of their own.
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What I love most is the way Indigenous life is portrayed as just a normal way of being. 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ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
Maggie Lou, Firefox
Maggie Lou’s grandpa doesn’t call her Firefox for nothing. She’s always finding ways to make life more interesting — even if this means big trouble.
