"La inigualable Julia Alvarez, autora de En el tiempo de las mariposas y De c�mo las muchachas Garc�a perdieron el acento, regresa con una extraordinaria e �ntima novela que nos recuerda que las historias de vida jam�s est�n realmente acabadas. Ni siquiera cuando llega el final.
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*Uno de los libros m�s esperados del a�o seg�n el New York Times, Washington Post, Today.com, Goodreads, Literary Hub, BookPage, BBC.com, and Zibby Mag
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Alma Cruz ha decidido ponerle punto final a su carrera de escritora, pero teme acabar como su amiga, una exitosa novelista arrastrada a la locura por un libro que jam�s termin� de escribir. Por eso, cuando hereda un modesto terreno en Rep�blica Dominicana, se le ocurre sepultar all� sus decenas de manuscritos inconclusos. Quiere que descansen en paz en la misma tierra donde yacen sus ra�ces.
Pero a diferencia de Alma, los protagonistas de sus relatos a�n tienen mucho por decir, y encuentran en Filomena, la reservada cuidadora del cementerio, una interlocutora emp�tica y atenta. Al compartir sus historiasBienvenida, la exesposa olvidada del dictador Rafael Trujillo; Manuel Cruz, un m�dico exiliado durante el r�gimen, y la misma Filomena convertir�n el cementerio en un lugar m�gico.
Un santuario donde quienes han sido silenciados hallar�n el sentido que anhelan en la vitalidad imperecedera de los cuentos que a�n quedan por contar.
Y color�n colorado...
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Literary icon Julia Alvarez, bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies,
shares an inventive and emotional novel about storytelling and her homeland--the Dominican Republic--that Kirkus Reviews calls a ""rich and moving saga"" and Shelf Awareness calls ""a lyrical thought-provoking meditation on truth, complicated family narratives, and the question of whose stories get told.""
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*Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by the New York Times, Washington Post, Today.com, Goodreads, Literary Hub, BookPage, BBC.com, and Zibby Mag
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Alma Cruz has decided to end her writing career, but she fears she'll end up like her friend, a successful novelist driven to madness by a book she never finished writing. So when she inherits a modest plot of land in the Dominican Republic, she decides to bury her dozens of unfinished manuscripts there. She wants them to rest in peace in the same land where her roots are.
But unlike Alma, the protagonists of her stories still have plenty to say, and they find in Filomena, the reserved caretaker of the cemetery, an empathetic and attentive interlocutor. By sharing their stories, Bienvenida, the forgotten ex-wife of dictator Rafael Trujillo; Manuel Cruz, a doctor exiled during the regime, and Filomena herself will turn the cemetery into a magical place, a sanctuary where those who have been silenced will find the meaning they yearn for in the imperishable vitality of the untold stories."
