Sofia has abandoned her pursuit of a doctoral degree in Anthropology because of her mother Rose's strange illness which has been a mystery for her all her life. The story begins in Spain where she comes with her mother to Dr Gomez - a last chance to cure her mother's paralyzed legs.
Amidst Dr Gomez's strange methods, Rose's complaints Sofia discovers herself and her deep desires as she meets amazing characters Juan, Ingrid, and Julieta, in Spain and travels to Greece to meet her step mother four years elder to her, her step sister and her father who had abandoned her when she was 14. The book is written in a powerful and exciting way in Sofia's voice as she discovers the true ailment that had entrapped her old mother and her adult life.
The book was in the short list of Man Booker prize 2016.
In a scale of 10 we give it 9.5. It is a compelling hard to put down novel involving psychological complications of ailing mother - ailing daughter relationship.
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