Mamá

Synopsis of Mamá

Mamá is a novel by Jorge Fernández Díaz that tells the story of a Spanish peasant woman who sends her fifteen-year-old daughter to Perón's Argentina with the promise of soon reuniting with her. However, fate separates them, and the young woman finds herself trapped in a hostile country where she grows up, marries, and fights against her destiny. Years later, her children and grandchildren announce their desire to return to Spain, closing a cycle of emigration and uprooting.