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Although the secret police don't have proof of espionage, they became aware of Carmen's dual identity and she had to flee Argentina to protect herself. In this episode, Carmen finally returns to South America.

At this point, its one month before the referendum in Chile and the police are cracking down on resistance workers. On top of that, Carmen is realizing that while she loves her husband, it's not the kind of love that can sustain a marriage.

Carmen and her husband are well established in Argentina, running errands for the resistance across the border into Chile. But trouble starts when Carmen's grandmother becomes suspicious of Carmen's activities.

In this episode, Carmen has made the leap from being a child in the movement to being a full-fledged member herself. She just married a friend in the movement and they have their very first assignment.

In this episode, Carmen is no longer willing to stay protected in Canada. She marries a like-minded friend and goes back to join the resistance in South America.

In episode, Carmen's mother has disappeared and she can't call the authorities or even the neighbours for fear of arrest or worse.

In this episode, Carmen has just passed out of a dark period in her life and is ready to ready to rejoin the world.

It's 1983. Carmen is living in Argentina and cracks are starting to show in her family's facade.

Carmen and her family had to leave Bolivia and are now in Argentina. The strain of being in the underground and keeping so many secrets is beginning to take its toll.

Carmen and her family live in Bolivia. It's 1982 and Bolivia is celebrating what they hope is a return to democracy. Carmen is about to turn 15.

Something Fierce won Canada Reads this year. Carmen Aguirre's memoir is about her youth spent in the Chilean resistance movement. At this point in her story, Carmen is torn between wanting to embrace life in the underground and wishing she could lead a mo

This year's Canada Reads winner is a memoir about life in the Chilean resistance. Like many teens, Carmen Aguirre pines for a boyfriend and shares secrets with girlfriends. But she also knows how to read letters written in invisible ink and who to call if

In today's reading of Something Fierce, Bolivia has a new government and security on the streets is even tighter. For a young girl with her first boyfriend, life is both frightening and exciting.

At this point in her life, Carmen craves the peace she's found visiting her grandparents in Chile. But now she and her sister must leave Chile and go back to Bolivia and the resistance to join their mother and stepfather, Bob.

We're continuing Carmen Aguirre's story about growing up in a revolutionary family in Vancouver and South America.