How I Killed My Father

Author Name: Sara Jaramillo Klinkert

Sara Jaramillo Klintkert delves deep into her memories, courageously confronting her fears and ghosts, using the act of writing to free herself from pain. In this sensitive and eloquent account, she recounts the horrific impact of her father's assassination by a hired assassin when she was eleven years old. In "How Did I Kill My Father?", the author relies on honest autobiographical writing that will shock the reader and touch their heart from the very first line. It's not just about pain and abandonment and how people deal with them in all possible ways; it's also about the image of a father, mother, brother, and family as a whole, as well as many things one might think they know, but never truly know.