![]() ![]() In another meticulously researched novel, Sepetys ( Salt to the Sea, 2015) offers a captivating glimpse into Franco’s Spain, a region awash in secrets and misinformation. As their affection deepens, so, too, do their differences: Ana, daughter of executed anti-Fascists, lives a tightly constrained existence, and Daniel has unprecedented freedom in her country and can’t quite wrap his head around the danger he puts her in. Another thing Daniel doesn’t bank on is Ana, an arrestingly beautiful maid at the Castellana Hilton, where he’s staying with his parents. Daniel is eager for the opportunity to flesh out his portfolio for a photography contest-what would be more prize-worthy than photos of daily life in notoriously secretive Spain?-but he gets repeated warnings, some quite aggressive, against looking too closely. ![]() It’s 1957 and aspiring photographer Daniel Matheson is visiting Spain with his Texas oil tycoon father. ![]()
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