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Virginia is only seven when she is "given" to a mestizo couple and moves from her village of indígenas in Ecuador to a house in a town. There she is expected to cook, clean, and care for the couple's child, and she grows into this servitude believing she is part of the family. But her natural spiritedness grows, too, as she comes of age and insists on becoming her own person: learning to read, making friends, and finally making harrowing attempts to break away from the "family" that is abusing her. When she f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More