The Surrender Tree tells the story of Rosa, a nurse with healing powers, in the late 1800's. The story is told through verse which allows the story to flow in a unique fashion. Rosa creates hospitals across the countryside to help all of those involved in the war. She is hunted relentlessly by Lieutenant Death.
It is a universal story of oppression and the fight for freedom, but told in Cuba, a place we rarely hear stories set in or from.
The unique way in which this story has been written and told makes it a powerful and moving piece of literature.
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