O aroma do liquidámbar

Synopsis of O aroma do liquidámbar

Miro didn't know Susana was in jail, and Daniel was consumed with grief because Adelaida had gone to Guatemala to take care of her sick grandmother. Both missed their mothers; however, they joined in the wait, sharing secrets, encouraged by Humberto's harmonica and Fermín's guitar, fed up with Manuela's bad temper or dying of laughter with Vicente's inventions. A fresh rose in Susana's room kept her presence alive in Miro's heart; the scents of Adelaida's perfumed herbs, and especially the aroma of the sweetgum, reminded Daniel of the bewitching spirit of his mother, and also that of Violeta, his centennial grandmother. This book is a moving story about friendship, family and hope, told with sensitivity and delicacy.