In Buenos Aires, 1996, Violetta has built her life on illusion and lies. Distraught that she is unable to bear a child, she uses her husband’s position - an officer involved in the brutal crimes of the government – to take the child of one of the desaparecidos, victims of the military dictatorship. The girl grows up unaware of her true origins, but discovers her story shortly before her eighteenth birthday, when she disappears to find her blood relatives.
Reunited with her roots, will she be willing to confront the whole truth?
In the course of the day of her birthday preparations, the intimate tragedies of both families are played out. Behind these scars lies the story of an entire country. This is a novel that explores with delicacy and intelligence the interwoven struggles of two opposed women, offering a torn Argentina the hope of reconciliation.
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