The Dictator, the Daughter, the Dad A Daughter's Memoir of Life and Family under Marcos's Martial Law |
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| Author:
| Suson, Mitos
Patterson, Darby |
| Editor:
| Patterson, Darby |
| ISBN: | 978-1-7340281-1-9 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2019 |
| Publisher: | Bolton Road Publishing
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.99 |
Book Description:
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In the 1960s and 70s Ferdinand Marcos ruled the PhilippineIslands with the closed fist of a dictator. Families lived in fear.Dissenters, political rivals and alleged troubled makers were tossed into Manilla's Malakanang Prison for anuncertain fate of confinement, punishment and evenexecution. This is the memoir of a daughter who was tooyoung to understand what it would mean when Marcos' henchmen knocked on the door of their home and sweptaway the Father who bound her family together. A...
More DescriptionIn the 1960s and 70s Ferdinand Marcos ruled the PhilippineIslands with the closed fist of a dictator. Families lived in fear.Dissenters, political rivals and alleged troubled makers were tossed into Manilla's Malakanang Prison for anuncertain fate of confinement, punishment and evenexecution. This is the memoir of a daughter who was tooyoung to understand what it would mean when Marcos' henchmen knocked on the door of their home and sweptaway the Father who bound her family together. A daughterwhose life, and that of her mother and six siblings, was forever alteredby events that now reside in history.