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Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War

Deb Olin Unferth

The author discusses her time with Sandinista revolutionaries in Nicaragua, describing her romantic affair with a Christian idealist, their inability to find people who welcomed them, and their struggles with disillusionment.

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · medium confidenceMemoir & Autobiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Authors, biography -> BiographyMemoir & Personal HistoryMilitary BiographyAmerican Civil War

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir and AutobiographyMajor2011FinalistSecondary source
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    • Nicaragua60%

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