Book + Art
A Mash-Up for Art and Book Lovers!
Read the featured book in advance, then join other guests, Museum and Library staff for a lively book discussion and talk on a related artwork.
Reserve a copy of the book at www.pbclibrary.org
Book + Art: Fruit of the Drunken Tree
Thursday, March 4 / 2PM-3PM
Thursday, March 4 / 2pm
Book: Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Fruit of the Drunken Tree (2018)
Art: Paintings by Maria Berrío
“Seven-year-old Chula lives in Bogotá, where the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the neighborhood walls. Petrona, a thirteen-year old girl from the city's guerrilla-occupied slum, moves in as her family’s live-in maid.
Chula and Petrona strike a friendship, but as both girls' families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula get entangled in a web of secrecy that will force them to choose between sacrifice and betrayal.
Inspired by [her] own life… Rojas Contreras sheds light on the impossible choices women are often forced to make in the face of violence and the unexpected connections that can blossom out of desperation.” - ingridrojascontreras.com
Artist María Berrío has spoken of this novel as being particularly meaningful to her; participants in this program will explore paintings in the special exhibition María Berrío: Esperando mientras la noche florece (Waiting for the Night to Bloom).
Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Fruit of the Drunken Tree (2018)
This program is a partnership with the Palm Beach County Library System.