The return
By: Victoria Hislop.
Edition: 1st US Harper pbk. ed.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780061715419
Subjects: Family -- Fiction; British -- Spain -- Fiction; Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Social aspects -- Fiction; Granada (Spain) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: Sonia knows nothing of Granada's shocking past, but ordering a simple cup of coffee in a quiet cafe will lead her into the extraordinary tale of a family's fight to survive the horror of the Spanish Civil War. Seventy years earlier, in the Ramirez family's cafe, Concha and Pablo's children relish an atmosphere of hope. Antonio is a serious young teacher, Ignacio a flamboyant matador, and Emilio a skilled musician. Their sister, Mercedes, is a spirited girl whose sole passion is dancing, until she meets Javier and an obsessive love affair begins. But Spain is a country in turmoil. In the heat of civil war, everyone must take a side and choose whether to submit, to fight, or to attempt escape.