I have always liked stories in which everyday heroes appear. It may be a little corny. But the truth is that finding a story in which you can put yourself in the shoes of that truly exceptional person, who faces cruelty, cynicism, abuse, any form of current evil in short, ends up assuming a meeting happy with literature.
Nuria is the heroine of this novel. A woman with literary concerns who seem to find a great channel as a writer for a radio program. During his performance as such, there comes a time when he knows of some cases of special cruelty.
Do you remember the case of thalidomide? I think that a large group of children in their 60s whose mothers took this medication to enhance God knows what genetic aspects of children are still involved in the courts.
The thalidomide thing comes up because Nuria, the protagonist, knows the case of a listener who wants to express the atrocious circumstances surrounding some children born with malformations. It is at that moment when the heroine ends up shedding her fear and decides to take action on the matter.
Such a story encourages action, to rebel against inhumanity. As always, the individual's struggle against the system resembles that David versus Goliath. Only, despite the fact that the Holy Scriptures never told it, Goliath is always a powerful monster that can crush you with one foot.
Nuria's investigation turns into a dangerous path to the truth that can take her ahead. How far she can go, the dangers that will haunt her in each of her movements. The plot immediately reaches a frenetic pace where the reader sweats the fat drop hoping that everything goes well.
Logically, it cannot be said if this story ends well or badly. What I do dare to say is that it literally has a great ending.
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