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Eva Perón: la razón de mi vida y otros escritos (Evita por ella misma)

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I've always been an admirer of Eva Duarte de Peron (Evita), I had been looking for this book for ages until one day I stumbled upon it in Spain, some 6 years ago, it was the last copy available and I had to have it.
La Razon de Mi vida or My Mission in Life as it was translated into english, was meant to be an autobiography of perhaps the strongest and most influential woman of the XX century, many strong women have come and go but none have left such lasting impression like Evita has, perhaps the other one would be her alter ego in a movie, Madonna.
The book doesn't tell us anything about her origins but it does tell us where she wants to go, it's a true insight of her vision, her leadership and the strong love and devotion she felt for her husband.
It is more of a political and love statement than anything else, it's the pure and raw Evita, this is her essence and what made her who she was and who she is.

Not a lot of books give you a true insight of a person's life. There's no better way to really get to know a person if you don't see it from their own point of view. Nobody knows Evita better than her. This book is excellent it will make you read it over and over and never get tired of it. I recommended to you greatly!

If you can read this in the original Spanish it's worth a look into the mind and heart of the legendary Evita. Her wish to belong to history fulfilled in a life that was dedicated to enforcing her own brand of social justice, albeit at the expense of the Argentine Treasury. All her hurt and anger ravaged on her country from the Casa Rosada. There are so few women who have managed to achieve so much with so little. If Evita had just been a trophy wife/arm candy of General Peron ... she would not have accomplished much. The reason for her historical legacy is that she wasn't a gold digger ... she was a woman on a mission... she worked 18 hours a day with her Foundation ... and her workaholism killed her. Evita had a cause, she was not an opportunist, she was misguided in her approach to social justice in Argentina, but she was hardly lying back and enjoying her wealth and status.