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KEEPING HER NOVELIST MOTHER’S LEGACY ALIVE SUSANA ALDECOA INVITES US INTO LAS MAGNOLIAS, THE SPANISH PARADISE SHE INHERITED AND NOW CALLS HOME

‘This is a magical and special place, full of harmony and beauty. It’s like its own little world’
‘My mother bought the house after my father’s death. It became her special place in the world — it defined her’

It comes as no surprise to learn that Susana Aldecoa’s home once belonged to her mother, the celebrated novelist Josefina Aldecoa. Las Magnolias is a writer’s paradise, a place that itself seems conjured from the imagination.

Tucked away

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