title: The Scroll of Seduction: A Novel of Power, Madness, and Royalty
author:  Gioconda Belli 
description: Praise for THE COUNTRY UNDER MY SKIN (:)<br /><br />&#8220;A poetic, penetrating and revelatory tale of love and war, literature and politics. . .lyrical, dramatic and incisive, Belli&#8217;s soulful self-portrait and paean to her beautiful, beleagured country is at once timely and timeless, tragic and life-affirming.&#8221; (The Chicago Tribune)<br /><br />&#8220;Love and revolution have rarely been so splendidly and provocatively intertwined than in this heretic memoir of a woman&#8217;s sensual and intellectual voyage of self-discovery in Nicaragua.&#8221; (Ariel Dorfman)<br /><br />&#8220;Gioconda Belli&#8217;s memoir reads better than a novel. It recounts her larger-than-life experiences as a revolutionary, lover, and mother with honesty, passion, intelligence and, above all, poetry. The Country Under My Skin is as much the story of Nicaragua as it is one extraordinary woman&#8217;s dreams.&#8221; (Cristina Garcia)<br /><br />&#8220;Unravels [the] contradictions. . .all too common among powerful women&#8211;with characteristic candor and dignity. . .Often joyous, surprisingly fluid.&#8221; (Salon)<br /><br />&#8220;Engaging. . .When Belli speaks from the depths of her woman&#8217;s insight. . . her prose pierces the heart. . .A window to one woman&#8217;s extraordinary journey.&#8221; (San Antonio Express-News)<br /><br />&#8220;A surprisingly frank picture of the movement. . .Belli presents a complex picture, revealing the ego clashes and massive blunders as well as moments of incredible bravery under fire.&#8221; (Los Angeles Magazine)<br /><br />&#8220;Belli recalls with engaging candor the course of a life lived to the full. In its twist and turns, moments of danger followed by intense romantic encounters, Belli&#8217;s memoir can resemble exuberant historical fiction. . A luminously written, always insightful account of one woman&#8217;s encounter with personal and political liberation.&#8221; (Kirkus Reviews)<br /><br />&#8220;A lush memoir.&#8230;both intensely personal and informatively political.&#8230;An honest, insider&#8217;s account of the very real debates surrounding this major revolution would be valuable in itself, but Belli offers more: a frank examination of her struggle for love.&#8221; (Publishers Weekly)<br /><br />&#8220;A tribute to beauty, valor, and justice. Belli&#8217;s giving and clarion book is also an antidote to fear and apathy, and a reminder that freedom is always a work in progress.&#8221; (Booklist)
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  Copyright © 2013 by HJ Bellus. All rights reserved.
  First Print Edition: March 2014
  Limitless Publishing, LLC
  Kailua, HI 96734
  www.limitlesspublishing.com
  Formatting: Limitless Publishing
  ISBN-13: 978-1496172723
  ISBN-10: 1496172728
  No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not
  participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. Thank you for respecting the hard work of
  this author.
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used
  fictitiously, and any resemblance to locales, events, business establishments, or actual persons—living or dead—is entirely coincidental.
  
  “Being brave is the new cool…” ~ HJ Bellus
  
  DEDICATION
  This book would still be rattling around in my head…without the love and encouragement from
  two hookers. I originally knew them as blogg