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En una apartada residencia ubicada en la ladera de un monte vive un grupo de mujeres cuya existencia se consagra al cuidado y vigilancia de unos chicos. Nadie utiliza su nombre verdadero. Las relaciones entre ellos se basan en la eficacia de unas reglas que todos aceptan calladamente, y que marcan el ritmo de sus días. Hasta que, en esa atmósfera opresiva, acechante, la directora anuncia que va a llegar un preceptor y que tendrán que acogerle. Aunque no quieran. Conocida por la extraordinaria fascinación que provocan sus historias, Pilar Adón nos sitúa en el paisaje secreto de una...

Never in a million years did I think it would be Ian Parker who saved me... I know I should stay away from Ian Parker. But when my drug-dealing stepdad kicks me out, I have nowhere to go. Squatting in an abandoned shed on Ian's grandpa's farm seems like as good a plan as any. Ian finds me there, of course, and he insists on me moving into his spare room. I should say no, but the appeal of a roof and a warm bed is too much. Not to mention Ian's brown eyes and strong arms. We're nothing alike, but the spark between us is undeniable. My life is finally looking up. Until I call the cops on my...

Narración de una serie de sucesos insólitos e inhabituales ocurridos en un sólo día, anterior al presente relato. Juan y su esposa Isabel recorren las calles y lugares de San Agustín de Tango, ciudad de la zona central de Chile, ribereña del río Santa Bárbara. Acaso en aquel pueblo la vida cotidiana es mágica, o tal vez el mundo por ese entonces todavía era un lugar encantado en toda latitud; lo cierto es que la pareja vivirá una jornada extraordinariamente excepcional, colmada de sucesos memorables dignos de un relato. El absurdo y lo irreal absoluto manifiestan la revelación de...

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