Memory and oblivion
Sánchez-Garnica, Paloma,
Memory and oblivion / Paloma Sánchez-Garnica ; translated by Achy Obejas. - 433 pages ; 21 cm
Translated from the Spanish.
Paloma Sánchez-Garnica's first novel to be translated into English is a beautiful, harrowing, and illuminating story of family betrayals and a last chance for forgiveness. Carlota Molina has a brilliant career as a judge in Madrid, the respect of her peers, and an independent life. But it's a life still haunted by the specter of a father she's been estranged from for decades. Then one day Carolota gets a phone call from a familial stranger - her half sister, Julia - with an impassioned request. After years of pain and distance, Carlota's father, Clemente, wants to see her before he dies . . . and to settle the past. Seizing on the opportunity to confront all her disillusions, Carlota begins to unravel the lies and deception in her family history. Some secrets she knows, and some secrets she has yet to discover. It is up to Carlota to decide how much of a mark she will let those secrets have.
9781503903029 1503903028
2018276044
GBB8G3304 bnb
019040185 Uk
Families--Fiction.
Reunions--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Families.
Family secrets.
Reunions.
Madrid (Spain)--Fiction.
Spain--Madrid.
READING IN ENGLISH
Novels
Novels
Novels
Novels
PQ6719.A549 / M5213 2018
863.7
Memory and oblivion / Paloma Sánchez-Garnica ; translated by Achy Obejas. - 433 pages ; 21 cm
Translated from the Spanish.
Paloma Sánchez-Garnica's first novel to be translated into English is a beautiful, harrowing, and illuminating story of family betrayals and a last chance for forgiveness. Carlota Molina has a brilliant career as a judge in Madrid, the respect of her peers, and an independent life. But it's a life still haunted by the specter of a father she's been estranged from for decades. Then one day Carolota gets a phone call from a familial stranger - her half sister, Julia - with an impassioned request. After years of pain and distance, Carlota's father, Clemente, wants to see her before he dies . . . and to settle the past. Seizing on the opportunity to confront all her disillusions, Carlota begins to unravel the lies and deception in her family history. Some secrets she knows, and some secrets she has yet to discover. It is up to Carlota to decide how much of a mark she will let those secrets have.
9781503903029 1503903028
2018276044
GBB8G3304 bnb
019040185 Uk
Families--Fiction.
Reunions--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Families.
Family secrets.
Reunions.
Madrid (Spain)--Fiction.
Spain--Madrid.
READING IN ENGLISH
Novels
Novels
Novels
Novels
PQ6719.A549 / M5213 2018
863.7
