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For more than a decade, Jenna Metcalf has never stopped thinking about her mother, Alice, who mysteriously disappeared in the wake of a tragic accident. Refusing to believe she was abandoned, Jenna searches for her mother regularly online and pores over the pages of Alices old journals. A scientist who studied grief among elephants, Alice wrote mostly of her research among the animals she loved, yet Jenna hopes the entries will provide a clue to her mothers whereabouts. Desperate to find the truth, Jenna enlists two unlikely allies in her quest: Serenity Jones, a psychic who rose to fame...

In 1980s South Korea, 20-something Jung Yoon is forced to re-live the most intense period of her life, including the death of her beloved mother, first love and friendship, when she receives a distressing phone call from her ex-boyfriend after eight years of separation. Original.

"[...]afterthought had occurred to him. "You are not doing your best to prevent it," answered Mrs. Darche. "Oh!—what are my sins? Are you jealous? This begins to interest me." "No, I am not jealous, you have never given me any cause to be." "You think that incompatibility of temper would be sufficient ground, then?"[...]".

Los lugares verdaderos es una novela sobre el fin del amor, que nos va envolviendo con la cadencia de las despedidas, y mostrando las grietas que se abren en las relaciones de pareja, los amigos, y en todo lo que se ha construido... Es 24 de diciembre y el año está por terminar. No sólo eso, también Pedro y Ana dejarán de ser pareja y cada uno emprenderá su camino. Ellos ya lo acordaron, pero ni sus familiares ni sus amigos lo saben.Hasta hoy. Esta Nochebuena será para Pedro un largo recuento de los momentos compartidos, de sus errores y de sus aciertos, además de su cumpleaños...