Mamá

Synopsis of Mamá

Mamá is a moving novel by Jorge Fernández Díaz that tells the story of a Spanish peasant woman who sends her fifteen-year-old daughter to Argentina in the time of Perón, with the promise that the whole family will follow her soon. However, destiny has other plans and the young woman finds herself trapped in an unknown country, where she grows up, marries and fights against adversity. Years later, converted into an Argentine, she faces a new dilemma when her children and grandchildren announce their desire to return to Spain, fleeing the economic crisis.

This story, which lies between journalistic chronicle and intimate biography, explores themes such as uprooting, identity and the decisions that mark our lives. With an emotional and lucid prose, Fernández Díaz presents us with a story that catches the reader from the first page and invites us to reflect on the eternal dilemma of leaving or staying.