Book details

  • Genre:fiction
  • Sub-genre:Literary
  • Language:Spanish
  • Pages:132
  • eBook ISBN:9798317840662

La explicación de las ausencias

By Jairo Marcos Restrepo

Overview


This short novel has two seamstress sisters tell a young client about their mother's unresolved disappearance. This sets this young woman on a search for details, and in that path several other women find themselves involved and bringing up details of past and present of their lives that involve love, loss, hope and friendship.
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Description


Two middle-aged seamstress sisters who live in Bogota, Colombia tell a young client about their mother's unresolved disappearance. This sends this young woman on a search for details, and in that path several other women find themselves involved and bringing up details past and present, of their lives that involve love, loss, hope and friendship. Born from a mix of fiction and fact, the lives of these women from three different generations show resilience and hope. They survive in the midst of a whole lot of work, love, while raising children and coping in a society and with men who often do not understand or support their struggles. The solutions are not always the best but through the story these women maintain the desire to stay strong and celebrate with joy.
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About The Author


Jairo Marcos Restrepo (Bogota, Colombia 1961) raised in Chicago, and that experience gave him the tools to work as a translator and interpreter. Her has worked as a news reporter, adult educator, communications and media coordinator for several non-profit organizations in the USA and Colombia.
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