Ligia Cruz

The tragedy unfolds when both of Alicias parents pass away in a horrible accident. However, Alicia survives and is later adopted by her godmother from the Church. Alicias godmother enrolls her in a dual-language program in New York. She does well academically, but struggles with deep emotional feelings of hurt and despair when Mothers Day is celebrated towards the end of every school year. She cries and refuses to participate in any Mothers Day activities. One summer evening, when she was on vacation with Miss Runfo, she falls asleep and dreams about being taken to a faraway place called La...

Una mujer yace en la cama de un hospital con la memoria a la deriva y su hija observa impotente sus manos, posadas en las sábanas. La enfermedad de su madre acaba por desequilibrar por completo su vida, que transcurría ya sobre un fino alambre, con un trabajo estresante y sin apenas tiempo para compartir con su marido y su hija. Además, los fantasmas del pasado están a punto de acecharle. En este asfixiante magma se mueve Nerea, la protagonista de esta novela

This is a story of three visits, which is remote back in the year 80 and 90, in the center of the cold war in El Salvador. A teenager is dragged by his dreams, his ambition to get to know the city; for love is involved on the front of the guerillas, making travels from the city to his town, ending with the reunion of his blood that he did not know existed and next to it says goodbye to his big love.

El pasado y el presente, la realidad y la fantasía, la historia y la leyenda, aparecen y se entrelazan en esta interesante narración sobre unos jóvenes que protagonizan -unos en el siglo XIV y otros en los primeros años del XXI- la mayor aventura de sus vidas, por las que luchan, acompañados de otros personajes de los que reciben apoyo, conocimientos o traiciones.