La tercera máscara: Una herencia secreta

A charming tale by Porter, revolving around a young girl called "Mary Marie." Her emotions, true feelings and ups and downs of life are presented in a befitting manner. The novel has several emotional, captivating and exciting moments that make this book worth reading.

Una niña aprieta un pez con fuerza en una de sus manos. Una mujer adulta se duele de haber leído la página del diario de su hija adolescente. Otra se despide ebria de su exmarido reptando sobre la leche derramada en la cocina. Una más viaja al corazón de la selva con su pareja mientras ve cómo el clima corroe su ánimo y sus ganas de querer a alguien. Estas mujeres parecen ser una misma mujer desdoblada en varios tiempos. Son protagonistas de estos relatos en los que la vida queda suspendida, sin necesidad de conclusiones apremiantes. Estos cuentos, por misteriosos y bellamente...

Private investigator Diana Belmaine always gets her man—and her hunt for a brazen, clever thief leads the cool blonde straight to the archeologist Jack Austin. A globetrotting adventurer and eligible bachelor, Jack is a pillar of the community—and guilty as sin. But while his gorgeous smile could melt nearly any woman's resistance, Diana has learned her lesson about sweet-talking men and won't be swayed by Jack's obvious charms . . . or will she?

Set in the darkest years of the Pinochet dictatorship, 'La Vida Doble' is the story of Lorena, a leftist militant who arrives at a merciless turning point when every choice she confronts is impossible. Captured by agents of the Chilean repression, withstanding brutal torture to save her comrades, she must now either forsake the allegiances of motherhood, or betray the political ideals to which she is deeply committed.