Happy Friday! I love going to bookstores. I don’t do it that often because 1) I have shelves full of books and 2) I receive books all the time filling up non-existent shelf space. 😉 But who can resist shiny books that I have been drooling over online and in catalogs? I picked up a couple of books by Mario Escobar, a new-to-me author who writes historical fiction. An added bonus is that the author is not American and the books have been translated from Spanish into English. I cannot wait to read them. Today I am including the first line of Remember Me.
My hands shook with the letter I had just received, postmarked from Mexico.
Historians refer to the Spanish Civil War as one of the bloodiest wars of the twentieth century. In 1937, at Mexico s request and offer, nearly 500 children from Spain remembered as Los Niños de Morelia were relocated via ship to Mexico to escape the war s violence. These children traveled across the sea without their families and were expected to return at the war s end. No one could have foreseen another world war was on the way or that that Franco s regime would prevent the children from coming home. These enduring conflicts trapped the children in a country far from their homeland, and many never made it back. Remember Me is Mario Escobar s novelization of these events, as told by a fictional survivor one of the children of Morelia who looks back upon his life after making the long and devastating journey across the Atlantic. This story explores the endurance of the human spirit as well as the quandary of a parent s impossible decision, asking: At what cost do you protect your child in the face of uncertainty?
Mario Escobar has a master’s degree in modern history and has written numerous books and articles that delve into the depths of church history, the struggle of sectarian groups, and the discovery and colonization of the Americas. Escobar, who makes his home in Madrid, Spain, is passionate about history and its mysteries.
Find Mario Escobar at http://www.marioescobar.es.
My first line comes from Lost in Darkness by Michelle Griep.
London, 1815
There was something glorious about the first day of June.
I’m currently reading Lost in Darkness by Michelle Griep. It is AMAZING! I’m just getting into chapter 19, so I’ll share a line or two from there: “As if riding unchaperoned in a dark carriage with a man weren’t improper enough, now this. A lone woman dining amongst a room full of suits.”
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Bookstores are so much fun! I hope you enjoy these. I am reading Tacos for Two-
StrongerMan99: We have to stop meeting like this.
ColorMeTurquoise: You mean, anonymously through a computer?