The story of a mother and daughter, and the secrets that were never spoken. Paloma Caro: discover a remarkable Spanish novelist.

Julia and Emma are daughter and mother. Their youth could not have been more different. Julia grew up in the freedom of Madrid during the 1980s and 1990s; Emma, in contrast, experienced the 1950s and 1960s in Tetouan, the capital of the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco—a time of military rule, social scrutiny, and arranged marriages as economic solutions. Julia studied and worked in her hometown, while Emma, an emigrant, later married and abandoned her short-lived career as a haute couture mannequin. Julia was bold; Emma was silent. Understanding each other seemed nearly impossible.

Thirty years after Emma’s death, during a conversation with her maternal aunt, Julia inadvertently discovers a family secret that shakes the very ground beneath her feet. The elderly aunt, unaware of the impact, unleashes a life-altering revelation. What if nothing had been true?

Julia will reinterpret both her mother’s life and her own—not from the comfort and advantages of her own era, but striving to understand the times her mother lived through, to comprehend her actions and character. And finally, to love her as she always deserved.