![]() ![]() ![]() Ironically, Lydia has befriended the jefe (the leader) of the cartel in the small bookstore that she runs. The sign says: TODA MI FAMILIA ESTA MUERTA POR MI CULPA ( My whole family is dead because of me). Among the dead is Lydia’s husband, Sebastián, who was a journalist whose fearless coverage of the cartel is the reason los sicarios were sent, as the sign fastened to his chest makes clear. The gunmen were sicarios (assassins) of the Los Jardineros cartel in Acapulco. Everyone was attending the quinceañera (birthday party for a 15-year-old) of Lydia’s niece. Luca is the eight-year-old son of Lydia Quixano Perez and they are the sole survivors of a shooting massacre of 16, their entire family. “One of the very first bullets comes in through the open window above the toilet where Luca is standing.” It’s the heart-stopping opening of this powerful novel of endurance against all odds. ![]()
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