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    Memory and Oblivion
    Memory and Oblivion
    Memory and Oblivion
    Audiobook16 hours

    Memory and Oblivion

    Written by Paloma Sánchez-Garnica

    Narrated by Cynthia Farrell

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    About this audiobook

    Paloma Sánchez-Garnica’s first novel to be translated into English is a beautiful, harrowing, and illuminating story of family betrayals and a last chance for forgiveness.

    Carlota Molina has a brilliant career as a judge in Madrid, the respect of her peers, and an independent life. But it’s a life still haunted by the specter of a father she’s been estranged from for decades. Then one day Carlota gets a phone call from a familial stranger—her half sister, Julia—with an impassioned request. After years of pain and distance, Carlota’s father, Clemente, wants to see her before he dies…and to settle the past.

    Seizing on the opportunity to confront all her disillusions, Carlota begins to unravel the lies and deception in her family history. Some secrets she knows, and some secrets she has yet to discover. It is up to Carlota to decide how much of a mark she will let those secrets leave.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    TranslatorAchy Obejas
    Release dateNov 13, 2018
    ISBN9781978650527
    Memory and Oblivion
    Author

    Paloma Sánchez-Garnica

    Paloma Sánchez-Garnica was born in Madrid. A history and law graduate, she is the author of The Great Mystery, The Eastern Breeze, The Soul of Stone, and The Three Wounds. Memory and Oblivion, winner of Spain’s Fernando Lara de Novela Prize, is the author’s first book to be translated into English. Visit her at www.palomasanchez-garnica.com.

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      What I like about this book is the representation of a hidden topic. The silent violence against women. In our society past and present violence against women still present, rarely do people want to talk about it due to the potential exposure and more violence that can bring about. Families are often wrapped in a vicious cycle that could appear normal, but it’s unknown what secrets they keep away. Most of the time victims do not know how to reach out for help for fear of more abuse or for fear of loosing their children. It takes courage for victim or spectators to take action and die for acting against an injustice. It also, pounders in the notion that everyone has a choice and that regardless of time you can take action and change the course of one’s life. Even if you have to die or see the one you love die for you to live.