Description: "Oran, Algeria. In this African city, Spanish pulse, and French rule, a young woman by the name of Cecilia Belmonte arrives in a boat sometime in the 1920's. She seems to have crossed the Mediterranean to escape misery, like so many others. But underneath her broken appearance lies a much darker reason: she committed a crime for which she paid by subjugating to the will of a despicable man. Her journey towards reinventing herself and her destiny spans three vibrant decades and recounts a life filled with perilous twists and turns, set against the backdrop of French Algeria and the end of colonial rule in the region. Her life rescuesthe memories of the Spanish pieds-noirs who, dragged abroad throughmigration and exile, helped reshape the world as we know it. --
Brief description:
María Dueñas es doctora en Filología Inglesa. A lo largo de su carrera profesional ha impartido docencia en universidades norteamericanas y participado en múltiples proyectos educativos, culturales y editoriales. En 2009 irrumpe en el mundo de la literatura con El tiempo entre costuras, a la que sigue en 2012 Misión Olvido, y a finales de 2013 se estrena la serie de televisión basada en su primera novela con un gran éxito de espectadores.
María Dueñas is a Spanish author. After two decades as an academic, she debuted in the literary world in 2009 with the novel El tiempo entre costuras, which became a literary phenomenon translated into over 35 languages and adapted for TV by Antena 3. With millions of copies sold throughout the world, Dueñas is one of the most acclaimed Spanish authors alive.