Mamá

Synopsis of Mamá

Mother is a moving novel by Argentine writer Jorge Fernández Díaz that tells the story of a Spanish peasant woman who sends her fifteen-year-old daughter to Perón's Argentina in search of a better life. However, the promise of reuniting with her family is never fulfilled, and the young woman is trapped in a hostile country, where she must fight against exile and build her own destiny. Years later, when her children and grandchildren announce their desire to return to Spain, the story begins again, raising the eternal dilemma between leaving or staying. In this work, Fernández Díaz intertwines elements of journalistic chronicle, confessional story and intimate biography to create an endearing portrait of an ordinary woman who could be anyone's mother or grandmother.