The Ogre's Daughter - Catherine Bardon Pages:280 pagesThe turbulent life story of Flor de Oro Trujillo, the eldest child of one of the world's most brutal dictatorsFlor de Oro was born in 1915 in San Cristbal, Dominican Republic. Her father rose from small time gangster to dictator and ruthlessly ruled the country for three decades until his assassination in 1961. El Jefe controlled his daughter with the same tight grip with which he ruled the country. It is a toxic love and Flor will fight all her life
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