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Struggling to survive in El Salvador after her daughter Magdalena's death, Latina and her other daughter Crista discover secrets involving Magdalena's death and her grandson's birth when a girl named Lluvia arrives six years later.
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<div>This remarkable novel continues the saga of life among the common people in El Salvador begun with <i>One Day of Life. A Place Called Milagro de la Paz</i> tells the story of the courage and strength of two women, a single mother and her daughter, who have to overcome the trauma of the murder of the mother's older daughter and survive in an atmosphere of bitter poverty. The book is filled, however, with magical, lyric moments of love and hope, especially surrounding the figure of a strange young girl with butterflies in her hair who appears suddenly and adopts the family. The tiny family group bravely preserves traditional values in spite of fear and repression. <div> </div></div>
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