Born Subversive is the memoir of Nadejda Marques, a woman born in
the midst of social upheaval, violence and transformation in
Brazil. In 1973, when she is just nine months old, her father is
kidnapped, tortured and murdered by the military regime that seized
power in Brazil in 1964. Her mother then flees to Chile alone. A
friend takes the infant Nadejda separately to Santiago, Chile where
the three meet just days before the military coup d'etat there led
by Gen. Augusto Pinochet in September 1973. Nadejda and her mother
now must flee Pinochet's henchmen. They become refugees setting off
on a journey that takes them to Sweden, Russia, Cuba, Panama and,
finally, back to Brazil. Later, Nadejda continues her own journey,
marrying an American human rights activist in Brazil, working in
Angola and settling eventually, in Massachusetts.
Born Subversive follows the life of Nadejda Marques through three
decades of profound change. In so doing, the book takes the reader
on a journey that is extremely personal, moving and political. The
storyline weaves through a Latin America of unbounded democratic
promise and equally profound disappointment. In seeking to help her
daughter, Mara, to understand her identity and history, Nadejda
comes to appreciate fully her own. That identity is one marked by
the violence and unrest of Latin America over the past several
decades, but also by strength, perseverance, motherhood and love.
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