Anne McLean

"From the internationally renowned author of The Impostor, a courageous journey into his own family history and that of a country collapsing from a fratricidal war--his most moving, most personal book, one he has spent his entire life preparing to write. Javier Cercas grew up hearing the legend of his adored great-uncle Manuel Mena, who died at nineteen in the bloodiest battle of the Spanish Civil War--while fighting for Franco's army. Who was this...

After the death of her grandfather, Maya Vidal, turning to drugs, alcohol, and crime, becomes trapped in a war, until her grandmother helps her escape to an island off the coast of Chile where she tries to make sense of her life.