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Del autor del bestseller La nia alemana, nos llega esta conmovedora novela en la que cuatro generaciones de mujeres experimentan amores, prdidas, guerras y esperanzas, en una historia que comienza con el surgimiento del nazismo en Alemania, pasa por la Revolucin cubana, y se extiende hasta la cada del Muro de Berln.

Resea destacada por Publishers Weekly.

Berln, 1931: Ally Keller est sola y asustada cuando da a luz a una hija mestiza a la que nombra Lilith. Mientras los nazis ascienden al poder, Ally sabe que debe proteger a su beb de la ideologa de la raza aria promovida por Hitler, y pone en marcha un plan desesperado para enviar a su hija a un lugar seguro al otro lado del ocano.

La Habana, 1958: Ya adulta, Lilith conserva pocos recuerdos de su madre o de su infancia en Alemania. La emociona el futuro con Martn, un piloto cubano con fuertes lazos con el gobierno de Batista, por lo que, al estallar la Revolucin, Lilith y su hija recin nacida, Nadine, se encuentran en una encrucijada.

Berln, 1988: Como cientfica en Berln, Nadine ha pasado toda su vida evitando la verdad sobre la historia de su propia familia. Es su hija Luna quien la anima a indagar sobre las decisiones que tomaron su madre y su abuela para asegurar la supervivencia de sus hijas. Le corresponder a Luna aceptar una traicin desconcertante que cambiar todo lo que crea saber sobre el pasado de su familia.

Separadas por el tiempo, pero unidas por el sacrificio, cuatro mujeres se embarcan en viajes de autodescubrimiento y se convierten en testimonios vivientes del poder del amor materno.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Starred review by Publishers Weekly.

Four generations of women experience love, loss, war, and hope from the rise of Nazism to the Cuban Revolution and finally, the fall of the Berlin Wall in this sweeping novel from the bestselling author of the “timely must-read” (People) The German Girl.

Berlin, 1931 Ally Keller, a talented young poet, is alone and scared when she gives birth to a mixed-race daughter she names Lilith. As the Nazis rise to power, Ally knows she must keep her baby in the shadows to protect her against Hitler’s deadly ideology of Aryan purity. But as she grows, it becomes more and more difficult to keep Lilith hidden so Ally sets in motion a dangerous and desperate plan to send her daughter across the ocean to safety.

Havana, 1958 Now an adult, Lilith has few memories of her mother or her childhood in Germany. Besides, she’s too excited for her future with her beloved Martin, a Cuban pilot with strong ties to the Batista government. But as the flames of revolution ignite, Lilith and her newborn daughter, Nadine, find themselves at a terrifying crossroads.

Berlin, 1988 As a scientist in Berlin, Nadine is dedicated to ensuring the dignity of the remains of all those who were murdered by the Nazis. Yet she has spent her entire lifetime avoiding the truth about her own family’s history. It takes her daughter, Luna, to encourage Nadine to uncover the truth about the choices her mother and grandmother made to ensure the survival of their children. And it will fall to Luna to come to terms with a shocking betrayal that changes everything she thought she knew about her family’s past.

Separated by time but united by sacrifice, four women embark on journeys of self-discovery and find themselves to be living testaments to the power of motherly love.