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Jerusalem. Nora has just lost her best friend; she has killed herself at the Jewish market. A few months later another terrorist attack, this time against a Palestinian child, will affect her closely. The pillars of her life collapse. One after another, several events take place that will make her take sides: in favour of hate or in favour of love.
On 20th November 1936 a man died and a myth was born. Buenaventura Durruti, the mechanic, anarchist gunman, and member of the Barcelona anti-fascist militia. Half a century later the French journalist Libertad Casal decides to uncover the mystery of his death.
This book shows children and adults the magic of words, the mystery of fortune telling and the amazing experience of having an art exhibition in your own home. What more could you want?
Footballers who stopped wars, like Drogba. Sportsmen who said no to Hitler, like Sindelar, or who were bold enough to refuse to shake Pinochet's hand, like Caszely. Factory workers who could fill stadia, like the Dick, Kerr Ladies F.C. Heroines who defied the most stringent prejudice, like Marta Vieira.
Alicia is a young supply teacher who has to move with her three-year-old daughter to the the capital of La Mancha to teach in a school for a few months. In her home town, she leaves behind her husband and a satisfactory, stable life that could almost be classified as happy. In Toledo she stays in the house of her aunt, Lara, who has a secret as dreadful as only domestic secrets can be.
Lucie and Danny are best siblings. In fact, they are more than that, they are best friends. They share everything, have no secrets, but this beautiful relationship changes.
Nadia is heading to Ibiza to oversee the work at Sa Marea, the house she and her husband Marcos have bought. Her marriage is not at its best. Their inability to have children, which at first didn't affect their relationship, now seems to be all they can think about. The house renovations could be the chance for them to find some much-needed peace.
Sandra has decided to go to live in a village on the east coast of Spain: she has left her job and, pregnant, spends the days trying to put off the decision of what to do with her life. On the beach, she meets a Norwegian couple in their eighties who seem to be the solution to Sandra’s problems.
Winter 1936: the rebel troops that have risen up against the Second Spanish Republic bomb Madrid. The republican government decides to start evacuating the most valuable paintings in the Prado.