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A #1 internationally bestselling novel of family betrayals, forbidden love, and the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War--from the author of The Island. ""A crackling historical romance mixed with a dash of family secrets and a splash of female self-discovery."" --Time Out London Sonia knows nothing of Granada's shocking past, but ordering a simple cup of coffee in a quiet café will lead her into the extraordinary tale of a family's fight to survive the horror of the Spanish Civil War. Seventy years earlier, in the Ramírez family's café, Concha and Pablo's children relish an atmosphere of hope. Antonio is a serious young teacher, Ignacio a flamboyant matador, and Emilio a skilled musician. Their sister, Mercedes, is a spirited girl whose sole passion is dancing, until she meets Javier and an obsessive love affair begins. But Spain is a country in turmoil. In the heat of civil war, everyone must take a side and choose whether to submit, to fight, or to attempt escape.

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Victoria Hislop is the internationally bestselling author of The Island and The Return. She writes travel features for the Sunday Telegraph, the Mail on Sunday, House & Garden, and Woman & Home. She divides her time among rural Kent, London, and Crete. She is married and has two children. Cynthia Farrell is a narrator, musical theater singer, and voice-over actor in English and in Spanish: her mother is part Spanish/Costa Rican. She has enjoyed narrating in the young adult, as well as sci-fi, crime drama, romance, Christian, children's, and nonfiction genres. She feels that her strong definition of character, musicality within the text, diction, and tone stem from from her work as a theater singer. She lives with her daughters in Manhattan.

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