Friday, February 7, 2025
I Must Betray You, by Ruta Sepetys
Presenting … First-chapter Friday, the eBook edition. This month’s selection features I Must Betray You, by Ruta Sepetys.
Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren’t free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu in a country governed by isolation and fear, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer. He’s left with only two choices: betray everyone and everything he loves—or use his position to creatively undermine the most notoriously evil dictator in Eastern Europe. Cristian risks everything to unmask the truth behind the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. He eagerly joins the revolution to fight for change when the time arrives. But what is the cost of freedom? Read via the Libby app, obtained through San Francisco Public Library.
https://youtu.be/r4AABpik3lE
First-chapter Friday (eBook edition), playlist on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6F1x26TGVFEcBDoaAd8F7JZ3_ayFeTJ7
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