Angeles Mastretta

A young girl recounts her girlhood and eventual marriage to a general of the Mexican revolution. by one of the most outstanding writers of the new feminist Mexican literature, it is at once a haunting novel of one woman's life and a powerful account of post-revolutionary Mexico from a female perspective.

Set during the Mexican Revolution, follow Emilia Sauri, a woman torn between two passionate loves while navigating a world dominated by violence and revolution.