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The Frozen Heart
Almudena Grandes
Synopsis
The death of a wealthy businessman exposes tensions between his comfortable legacy and the history that made it possible. Members of two families confront an inheritance marked by Spain’s Civil War, exile and betrayal, as present-day attachments reopen questions their elders left unresolved.
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