Madrid again : a novel

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Label

Madrid again : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Soledad Maura

Creator

• trueMaura, Soledad Fox
• Fox, Soledad

Contributor

• Arcade Publishing

Author

• Fox, Soledad

Subject

• trueFamilies
• trueFamilies -- Spain
• trueFamily history
• trueFamily secrets
• Historical fiction
• trueHome (Concept)
• trueIdentity
• trueIdentity (Psychology)
• Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
• trueIndependence in women
• Madrid (Spain) -- Fiction
• trueMothers and daughters
• trueAbandoned women
• Single mothers -- Fiction
• trueSpain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939
• trueSpaniards in the United States
• trueSpanish people in the United States
• trueTeacher-student relationships
• trueUnmarried couples
• trueUpper class
• trueVermont
• Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
• trueChildren of immigrants
• Domestic fiction

Genre

• Historical fiction
• Fiction
• Domestic fiction

Language

eng

Summary

"A modern-day bildungsroman, featuring a young woman on a quest to discover her family history as she is torn between the U.S. and Spain, the Old World and the New... Told with humor, candor, and grit, 'Madrid Again' is a highly original novel and an homage to the haunting power of history and how it shapes the identity of two generations of women. Madrid, 1960s. Odilia is a brilliant young student who seems to have it all until she is unexpectedly spirited away on an exciting journey across the Atlantic to the United States by a magnetic professor. But the professor disappears from Odilia's life as mysteriously as he appeared. Left alone in a new country with a baby girl, Lola, Odilia must decide whether to strike out and raise her daughter alone or return to her strict, upper-class Catholic family in Spain. Mother and daughter travel to Madrid as often as possible, but Odilia ultimately chooses a life of self-reliance in New England. As Lola grows up, she feels torn between two countries, two cultures, and two languages. She becomes a historian and embarks on a quest to seek out the history of her origins. She wrestles with family secrets as she struggles to answer questions about her own identity and future. How does she fit in to the United States, Spain, or anywhere?" -- inside front cover

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

813.6

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3606.O95657

LC item number

M33 2020

Literary form

novels

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult