Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. In Imagine Breaking Everything by Lina Munar Guevara, translated by Ellen Jones, the future is at stake.
What We Say: “From one of Colombia’s new authors, Imagine Breaking Everything unfolds over a rainy weekend in Bogotá as Melissa – on the verge of high school graduation – struggles to pay for a printer she broke and to keep her temper under control. When her estranged mother suddenly calls, inviting her back to their old neighbourhood, she’s forced to confront memories she’s tried to bury. Told with fierce honesty, dark humour, it’s a story of anger, forgiveness, and self-discovery. I read it in one sitting.” – Samantha de Haas
What They Say: “Not only is [Melissa] the rare female protagonist who externalizes her rage, literally punching first so she won’t become the punching bag, but as a first-person narrator she is brutally honest, funny, self-aware, and able to create moments of utter heartbreak and insight while staying true to the rawness of Bogota slang.” – Diana Andrade Melgarejo
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Samantha de Haas is Creative Production Manager at Service95
