Elvira Lindo
1) Open heart
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Following the rise and fall of a great love, this intimate family novel is also a moving tribute to the generation that struggled to survive in Spain after the Civil War. In Open Heart, Elvira Lindo tells the story of her parents, which is the story of an excessive love, a passionate and unstable love story forged through constant anger and reconciliation, with an entire family's mood dependent on it. Her father's outsized personality, his caprices,...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Eight-year-old Manolito recounts further exploits in his small Madrid neighborhood with his grandfather, his little brother Bozo, and his school friends, including a shoplifting prank, recycled art, and the Filthy Feet Gang.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Description
"Antonia is twenty-six when she is left alone with a child of four in the changing Madrid of the eighties. Hers is the story of an inner journey, that of a woman facing youth and motherhood while trying to claim her place in life, in a city and an era of accelerated time, more conducive to confusion than certainty, especially for someone who has had a very early experience of loss and loneliness."--Back cover cataloger translation.