All Available Books

"Women who read" could just as well have been entitled women who sang, women who painted, women who played piano or women who danced. All of them, the women who came before us, had anxieties, dreamed of being something more than that which destiny had marked them for.

In the midst of the euphoria at the arrival of the new millennium, a Caribbean musicologist receives an invitation from a well-known fashion designer to collaborate on a strange exhibition. They are united by their great interest in the shapes of the animal world.

Arcadia returns to Barcelona in 1949, accompanied by her aunt Inés, a viola and a suitcase full of memories. As the daughter of Republicans living in exile in France, she takes refuge in her passion for music to help her survive the oppressive atmosphere of the post-war years. One day she meets Javier, a promising law student, who soon becomes the centre of her life.

Emilia is swimming in a sea of confusion. She feels like a stranger to herself. She doesn't know what to grab hold of. Will she be able to cope on her own if she decides to split up her marriage? However complicated her life,  she has an inner strength she was completely unaware of and friends who help her to keep on and to feel that life is worthwhile.