He works hard, although he still goes hungry, at his two jobs at the slaughterhouse and the graveyard, with his friend, Fuga, an intense force of nature, with dreams of becoming a famous bullfighter and protecting the children. Rafa, Ana's brother remembers the family, and its tragic past, his parents opposition to Franco and their death. This is a well researched multilayered story of David and Ana, love, identity, heartbreak, and the walls of silence behind which are hidden the true horrors of Franco's Spain. Ana is the young, bright and beautiful hotel maid charged with looking after the Matheson family and meeting their every need. Whilst his father wants him to work for the business, Daniel has other ideas, he wants to be a photographer, and has made plans to study photography at college.
Spain is the country of Daniel's mother, and he is looking to explore it, with every intent of looking beneath the official versions of Madrid. 18 year old American Daniel Matheson is staying at a luxury hotel with his family, his father is an oil tycoon looking to make a deal with Franco's regime. It is 1957, and Spain is desperate for money and to facilitate this, is welcoming tourists to the country. Ruta Sepetys paints a richly descriptive and historically detailed picture of post war Spain under the fascist dictator, General Franco. Includes vintage media reports, oral history commentary, photos, and more. Lives and hearts collide, revealing an incredibly dark side to the sunny Spanish city. He is backed into a corner of difficult decisions to protect those he loves. Daniel's photographs leave him with uncomfortable questions amidst shadows of danger. Photography-and fate-introduce him to Ana, whose family's interweaving obstacles reveal the lingering grasp of the Spanish Civil War-as well as chilling definitions of fortune and fear. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son of an oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid with his parents hoping to connect with the country of his mother's birth through the lens of his camera. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming promise of sunshine and wine. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. A portrait of love, silence, and secrets under a Spanish dictatorship.
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