The Parrot's Perch: A Memoir

The Parrot's Perch: A Memoir

The Parrot's Perch: One Young Woman's Courageous Journey From her Exclusive Life, to Captivity and Praying for Death, to Finding Redemption through Gratitude.

The Parrot's Perch opens in 2013, when Karen Keilt, age sixty, receives an invitation to testify at the Brazilian National Truth Commission at the UN in New York. The email sparks memories of her "previous life"â€•the one she has kept safely bottled up for more than thirty-seven years. Hopeful of helping to raise awareness about ongoing human rights violations in Brazil, she wants to testify, but she anguishes over reliving the horrific events of her youth.

In the pages that follow, Keilt tells the story of her life in Brazilâ€•from her exclusive, upper-class lifestyle and dreams of Olympic medals to her turmoil-filled youth. Full of hints of a dark oligarchy in Brazil, corruption, crime, and military interference, The Parrot's Perch is a searing, sometimes shocking true tale of suffering, struggleâ€•and survival.

Karen Keilt lived through the darkest days of Brazil's military dictatorship. In her courageous and compelling memoir, Keilt narrates an emotionally honest reckoning of her desire to find true happiness. Forbidden by her wealthy family to even mention her imprisonment, torture, and rape, Keilt is forced to make a change that will affect the rest of her life. Seen through her testimony to the Brazilian National Truth Commission at the UN, readers become witnesses to both her vulnerability and her quiet strength.

Country	USA
Author	Karen Keilt
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9781631525711
Edition	Reprint
ISBN	1631525719
Label	She Writes Press
Manufacturer	She Writes Press
MPN	unknown
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	288
PartNumber	unknown
PublicationDate	2019-04-16
Publisher	She Writes Press
ReleaseDate	2019-04-16
Studio	She Writes Press

The Parrot's Perch: A Memoir

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