A secret for Julia
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Patricia Sagastizábal ; translated by Asa Zatz.
Contributors: Zatz, Asa.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Description: "Set mainly in 1990s London, interlaced with vivid flashbacks to Buenos Aires, Patricia Sagastizabal's novel tells the emotionally wrenching story of Mercedes Beecher, an Argentinian writer living in self-imposed exile in London with her teenaged daughter, Julia. When a mysterious figure appears from her past, Mercedes must endure a new round of psychological terror and reveal herself to her inquisitive but embittered daughter in a way that she never believed possible.

A dramatic story of retribution and conscience, A Secret for Julia touches on many compelling themes: the politics of institutionalized and sanctioned cruelty; the wistfulness of a life lived in exile; the bonds of family, justice, and redemption."--BOOK JACKET.