On the Artsy Raven, Sonia Daccarett discusses what inspired her to write a memoir, her process of publishing the book, and the universal theme of being an outsider while coming of age.

Sonia Daccarett is a writer and communications professional. Born in Colombia to a Christian Palestinian father and a Jewish mother, she moved to the United States and received an undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a master’s degree in international and public affairs from Columbia University. For more than two decades, she worked on strategic communications initiatives with corporate and non-profit clients and currently writes and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.

At time 11:05 she reads from The Roots of the Guava Tree.

Author links:

https://www.amazon.com/Roots-Guava-Tree-Growing-Colombia/dp/1647429404/https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-roots-of-the-guava-tree-growing-up-jewish-and-palestinian-in-colombia-sonia-daccarett/ba0426d1848e8569

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