Carolina De Robertis Books in Order

Three generations of Uruguayan women pursue love, poetry, and political conviction across the twentieth century. Beginning with Pajarita's extraordinary childhood, the novel follows her daughter and granddaughter through personal betrayals and national upheaval, tracing the bonds and tensions between mothers and daughters.

Raised in comfort by a naval officer and his wife, Perla has avoided confronting her family's ties to Argentina's dictatorship. An unexpected visitor forces her to investigate her origins and reconsider the identity built around her love for her father.

Arriving in Buenos Aires in 1913, Italian immigrant Leda discovers her husband has died and struggles to survive alone. Tango draws her toward the violin, and adopting the identity of Dante opens musical opportunities that were closed to women.

Edited by De Robertis, this collection gathers letters from writers, activists, and thinkers addressed to ancestors, future generations, and people facing discouragement. The contributors explore love, dissent, solidarity, and the possibility of sustaining hope through political uncertainty.

Under Uruguay's dictatorship, five queer women discover a remote coastal refuge where they can begin creating a chosen family. Across decades, they move between that sanctuary and Montevideo, testing friendship and love against repression, personal wounds, and demands for conformity.

A former Latin American president reflects on his legacy during an interview in his garden. Memories return to solitary confinement, where conversations with a frog helped him survive and consider revolution, dignity, love of country, and the meaning of leadership.

Psyche escapes a forced marriage when Eros takes her to a hidden palace. Their love flourishes in darkness, but secrecy and isolation awaken doubts that threaten the refuge they have created beyond the gods’ scrutiny.

Twenty trans and gender-nonconforming elders of color describe building authentic lives and communities against entrenched barriers. Their accounts connect family, activism, the AIDS crisis, and changing identities, preserving experiences often absent from conventional histories.