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Largo pétalo de mar
400 pages
A sweeping historical saga of survival, exile, and the lifelong journey to discover where home truly lies.
What it feels like
This sweeping historical saga unfolds with a steady, epic rhythm, carrying the reader across decades and continents. The mood shifts from the harrowing desperation of a war-torn homeland to the bittersweet hope of a new beginning in a foreign land. It feels deeply compassionate and resilient, focusing not just on the trauma of displacement, but on the quiet, enduring joy of survival and the slow blossoming of unexpected love. The narrative weaves personal trials with grand historical events, creating a rich tapestry of endurance. It is a perfect match for readers who devour multi-generational stories of exile, marriages of convenience, and the profound, lifelong realization that home is often found in the people we hold closest.
- Mood
- sweeping
- hopeful
- harrowing
- bittersweet
- Tone
- earnest
- resilient
- epic
- compassionate
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- the search for home · survival and exile · marriage of convenience · enduring hope
- The writing
- Sweeping and historical, weaving personal tragedy with grand historical events to create a rich, saga-like narrative.
- The arc
- Moves from the harrowing desperation of war and displacement to a patient, hard-won realization of belonging and unexpected love.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love sweeping historical sagas that trace the lifelong resilience of refugees finding new roots across continents.
Content notes
- war
- displacement and exile
- death of a loved one
- grief
About the book
"In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life irreversibly intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage neither of them wants, and together are sponsored by poet Pablo Neruda to embark on the SS Winnipeg along with 2,200 other refugees in search of a new life. As unlikely partners, they embrace exile and emigrate to Chile as the rest of Europe erupts in World War. Starting over on a new continent, their trials are just beginning. Over the course of their lives, they will face test after test. But they will also find joy as they wait patiently for a day when they are exiles no more, and will find friends in the most unlikely of places. Through it all, it is that hope of being reunited with their home that keeps them going. And in the end, they will find that home might have been closer than they thought all along"--
In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. General Franco and his Fascists overthrew the government; hundreds of thousands fled over the mountains to the French border. Roser, a pregnant young widow, finds her life intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. To survive, the two must unite in a marriage neither of them wants; Sponsored by poet Pablo Neruda, they embark on the SS Winnipeg along with 2,200 other refugees in search of a new life. Emigrate to Chile as the rest of Europe erupts in World War, they discover their trials are just beginning. -- adapted from jacket
Description from Open Library.
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