![]() ![]() He has driven from El Salvador to invite Forché to visit and learn about his country. She’s heard rumors from her friend about who he might be: a lone wolf, a communist, a CIA operative, a sharpshooter, a revolutionary, a small coffee farmer, but according to her, no one seemed to know for certain. The relative of a friend, he is a charming polymath with a mind as seemingly disordered as it is brilliant. Written by one of the most gifted poets of her generation, this is the story of a woman’s radical act of empathy, and her fateful encounter with an intriguing man who changes the course of her life.Ĭarolyn Forché is twenty-seven when the mysterious stranger appears on her doorstep. What You Have Heard is True is a devastating, lyrical, and visionary memoir about a young woman’s brave choice to engage with horror in order to help others. The powerful story of a young poet who becomes an activist through a trial by fire ![]() Genres: memoir, history, poetry, biography, politics, war, historical.Awards: National Book Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2019), National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (2019).❗ What You Have Heard Is True ~ CLICK HERE ❗ ![]()
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