Why Did You Come Back Every Summer
2018
First Published
4.23
Average Rating
135
Number of Pages
A fractured account of family abuse, secrets, and the cost of pursuing the truth. In Belén López Peiró’s Why Did You Come Back Every Summer, family means home and safety, but also pain and betrayal. Her uncle, a police commissioner, sexually abuses her. His wife and daughter shelter, then reject her. Her mother is his sister. And no one wants to believe her. This is a true story of intimate sexual violence. Told in multiple voices, and through real police reports and interviews, it explores the demands and the cost of ensuring the truth is heard. Most important is the shifting, slipping loyalties among loved ones. What do you owe to your family? What do they owe you? How far will you go to get yourself back? But now it’s time to give yourself some closure and start to tell yourself another story. The story of your life, which doesn’t end here. This is just the beginning.
Avg Rating
4.23
Number of Ratings
5,403
5 STARS
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Author
Belén López Peiró
Author · 3 books
Belén López Peiró (1992) estudió Periodismo y Ciencias de la Comunicación en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Actualmente coordina talleres de escritura de no ficción con perspectiva de género. Por qué volvías cada verano es su primera novela publicada. Una historia que narra, a partir de múltiples voces, el abuso que sufrió por parte de un familiar y que se convirtió en un fenómeno literario, social y político en su país.
