We Will Be Jaguars (Reese's Book Club Pick): A Memoir of My

REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK Named one of the Best Nonfiction Books of the Year by Library Journal "An unforgettable memoir about fighting for your home and your heart." —Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club November '24 Pick) From a fearless, internationally acclaimed activist comesan impassioned memoir about an indigenous childhood, a clashof cultures, and the fight to save the Amazonrainforest We Will Be Jaguarsis an astonishing memoir by an equally astonishing woman. Nenquimo is a winner ofTIMEmagazine's Earth Award, andMS.magazine named this book among the Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2024. Born into theWaoranitribe of Ecuador's Amazon rainforest—one of the last to be contacted bymissionaries in the 1950s—NemonteNenquimohad a singular upbringing. She was taught aboutplant medicines, foraging, oral storytelling, and shamanism by her elders. At age fourteen, she leftthe forest for the first time to study with an evangelical missionary group in the city.