Puri loves her work and considers it an honorable calling, but she has always been curious about things her mother says are better left alone. By the time they leave the country, his parents have adopted a little girl they named Christina.Ĭhristina is known as baby 20 116 in the Inclusa, an orphanage where Ana's cousin, Puri, works with children. During the visit, Daniel learns that his mother has been ill and recently miscarried. Martin is in the country to close an oil deal with Franco.

When Daniel is 18, having just graduated from school, he and his parents make a trip to Madrid. He was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, but his mother immersed him in the Spanish culture of her ancestors.

People like Ana's family, still under the pall of parents who fought against Franco, live in constant fear.ĭaniel Matheson is the son of a wealthy oil tycoon Martin Matheson and a Spanish woman, Maria Matheson. The country is under the rule of dictator Francisco Franco and people have few rights or freedoms. Ana's parents were teachers who fought against the fascists during the Spanish Civil War almost two decades earlier. Julia and Antonio have an infant daughter named Lali. Julia, Ana's older sister, is married to Antonio. She lives in a very poor neighborhood, Vallecas, with her family. Kindle AZW file.Īna Torres Moreno is an employee at the Castellana Hilton, a high-end hotel in Madrid in 1957. The following version of the book was used to create this study guide: Sepetys, Ruta, Fountains of Silence.

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