Our Lives Are the Rivers: a Novel First Edition (Reviewers Material Laid In) edition

Based on actual events, this sweeping novel tells the life story of a woman who was willing to risk it all for her country and her lover?in whose legacy lies the history of an entire continent.

Our Lives Are the Rivers tells the story of beautiful young freedom fighter Manuela Sáenz, and the epic tale of her long love affair with liberator Simón Bolívar. A novel of intoxicating love, passion, and adventure, Jaime Manrique vividly captures a dynamic continent struggling for its own identity.