{"product_id":"between-bars-and-seas","title":"Between Bars and Seas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0663\/0123\/1167\/files\/Between_bars_ans_seas.png?v=1790311433\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0663\/0123\/1167\/files\/Between_bars_ans_seas.png?v=1790311433\" alt=\"\"\u003eSome stories are told. Others remain alive beneath the skin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBetween Bars and Seas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a deeply personal memoir of family, memory, faith, and survival during one of the most painful periods in Chilean history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough the eyes of a son, JC Alvarez revisits the world that shaped him: a mother whose quiet love became a refuge, a father forced to endure imprisonment and humiliation, a childhood interrupted by political upheaval, and the memories of those who disappeared, suffered, or never returned home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is not a book written to provoke pity, nor is it an attempt to turn suffering into spectacle. It is a testimony.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the shores of Cartagena to prison gates, from fear and separation to exile and the rebuilding of life far from home, Alvarez explores what remains after history enters an ordinary family and changes it forever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYet this is also a story about what survived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLove survived.\u003cbr\u003eFaith survived.\u003cbr\u003eMemory survived.\u003cbr\u003eAnd so did the conviction that silence must eventually give way to truth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the heart of the book are two sentences spoken by his mother when he was still a boy:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“God will take care of you.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Fulfill your purpose.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheir meaning follows him across decades, countries, losses, and unanswered questions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBetween Bars and Seas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e asks the reader to look beyond dates, ideologies, and statistics and remember the human beings behind them: fathers, mothers, children, workers, prisoners, and families waiting for answers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is a memoir about the past, but ultimately it asks a question about the present:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWhat kind of humanity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alcom LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43965580902463,"sku":"12","price":17.92,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/alcomltd.com\/products\/between-bars-and-seas","provider":"Alcom LTD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}