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It is a Tuesday evening in June when Ruth receives the phone call that all parents dread. Her daughter Daisy has been hit by a car during a deadly storm in Puerto Rico. How Ruth wishes she could tell Daisy she loves her. That she is sorry her own muddy feelings about Daisy's move to San Juan caused them to fight. What a waste of precious breath. Instinctively, it's her mother, Rafaela, Ruth wants to turn to. Rafaela whose own memories of growing up in Puerto Rico are becoming ever more vivid, as have her sudden flashes of forgetfulness.

Ireland, 1959. Young Christopher Hurley is a tinker, a Pavee gypsy, who roams with his father and extended family from town to town, carrying all their worldly possessions in their wagons. Christy carries with him a burden of guilt as well: his mother's death in childbirth. The wandering life is the only one Christy has ever known, but when his grandfather dies, everything changes. His father decides to settle briefly, in a town, where Christy and his cousin can receive proper schooling. But still, always, they are treated as outsiders.

Yesterday, Lydia had a bookshop. Yesterday, Lydia was married to a journalist. Yesterday, she was with everyone she loved most in the world. Today, her eight-year-old son Luca is all she has left. For him, she will carry a machete strapped to her leg. For him, she will leap onto the roof of a high speed train. For him, she will find the strength to keep running.

After the birth of her daughter, Emma, the usually resilient Majella finds herself feeling isolated and exhausted. Then, at her childhood home, Majella discovers the diary of her maternal ancestor Ginny and is shocked to read a story of murder in her family history. With the famine upon her, Ginny Doyle fled from Ireland to America, but not all of her family made it. What happened during those harrowing years, and why does Ginny call herself a killer? Is Majella genetically fated to be a bad mother, despite the fierce tenderness she feels for her baby?

Le roman en tête des ventes aux USA ! Des coups de feu, des cris, des pleurs, des bruits de pas... Lydia tente d'étouffer les bruits en pressant la paume de ses mains sur les oreilles de son petit garçon, Luca. Ils n'ont aucune idée de ce qu'il se passe au-delà de la porte des toilettes dans lesquels ils se sont réfugiés. Quand le silence revient, ils sortent et découvrent le massacre. La fête de famille a viré au drame, tous les convives de la quinceanera sont morts, baignant dans leur sang, transpercés par les balles du cartel le plus puissant d'Acapulco.

San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1968: A pesar de ciertas dudas, Rafaela Acuña y Daubón decide casarse con Peter Brennan Jr. en un arrebato de optimismo romántico. Sin embargo, no es consciente de hasta qué punto cambiará su vida cuando desarraigue a su joven familia de la isla para instalarse en el Midwest de los Estados Unidos, ni de cómo esta será la primera de muchas decepciones en su vida. En los años ochenta, viendo el aislamiento de su madre en Missouri, la hija de Rafaela, Ruth, decide abandonar la lengua, las costumbres y los recuerdos de su infancia en Puerto Rico.

Dici Acapulco e pensi a spiagge di sabbia finissima, mare cristallino e palme accarezzate dalla brezza. Ma oggi la perla del Pacifico è molto diversa dall’immagine da cartolina usata per attirare i turisti. Il narcotraffico si è insinuato in città e gli omicidi sono all’ordine del giorno. Ad Acapulco vive Lydia, che si divide tra il lavoro in libreria e la famiglia: il marito Sebastián, giornalista, e il figlioletto Luca, otto anni e un’intelligenza fuori dal comune.

Lydia Quijano Pérez vive en Acapulco, México, donde regenta una librería. Tiene un hijo de ocho años, Luca, el amor de su vida, y un maravilloso esposo que es periodista. Y aunque la situación en Acapulco comienza a agrietarse debido a los cárteles de la droga, Lydia lleva una vida confortable.

Acapulco, Mexiko. Nur Lydia und ihr kleiner Sohn Luca überleben das Blutbad, bei dem ihre gesamte Verwandtschaft von einem Drogenkartell ermordet wurde, und können fliehen. Um unerkannt bis zur US-mexikanischen Grenze zu gelangen, fasst Lydia einen gefährlichen Entschluss: Sie und ihr Sohn wagen sich auf den berüchtigten Güterzug "La Bestia", der wie eine Bestie viele der Migranten verschlingt, die mit ihm Richtung Norden fahren. Auch für Lydia und Luca wird die Fahrt bald zum nackten Kampf ums Überleben.

Acapulco, Mexiko. Nur Lydia und ihr kleiner Sohn Luca überleben das Blutbad, bei dem ihre gesamte Verwandtschaft von einem Drogenkartell ermordet wurde, und können fliehen. Um unerkannt bis zur US-mexikanischen Grenze zu gelangen, fasst Lydia einen gefährlichen Entschluss: Sie und ihr Sohn wagen sich auf den berüchtigten Güterzug "La Bestia", der wie eine Bestie viele der Migranten verschlingt, die mit ihm Richtung Norden fahren. Auch für Lydia und Luca wird die Fahrt bald zum nackten Kampf ums Überleben.

Em uma agradável vizinhança de Acapulco, um massacre. Uma chacina vitima dezesseis membros de uma mesma família, durante uma festa de quinze anos. Os únicos sobreviventes são Lydia e seu filho Luca, de oito anos. O marido de Lydia, Sebastián, foi o jornalista responsável pelo perfil jornalístico do homem que controla o cartel de drogas mais poderoso da cidade. E agora, como a maioria dos seus parentes, ele também está morto.