Writing about the daughter of the dictator Franco is an act of courage. Snow Blacksmith he began to do so with the will to involve the interested party. And finally it was like that, Carmen participated and ended up informing the journalist about facts and anecdotes unknown until now.
Before going into details, we must start from an indisputable argument: no one is guilty of being the son of anyone. What the dictator Franco did is not a matter of binding his only descendant. Being born is an involuntary event, and possibly growing up next to a determined father ends up leaning towards him, towards his forgiveness and the assumption of his figure.
Because Carmen, the girl, grew up completely isolated from everything. The reality would discover later ... No one can be inside Carmen, only her. Possibly what was revealed as he acquired knowledge of everything would suppose a part of inner conflict, but make no mistake, any of us would continue to revere a father and a mother. It's a matter of emotional survival ...
In addition, Carmen was a girl raised in fear, according to what is read. I suppose it was a matter of her mother's own fear of the circumstances in which she had to live, with the constant threat looming over her father, over her and also, why not, over her beloved daughter.
But, beyond these details of the first Carmen, Nieves Herrero also makes his way into the adult life of Franco's daughter, or only Carmen, as he admits that he likes to be called already at this point and for many years .
And sometimes it is concise, with no further possibility of deepening. But at other times he expands at ease about his particular experiences. Without a doubt an intense life that of Carmen, the woman, the one who has something to tell the always questioned shadow of her genetic heritage.
Fortunately, in the end the person prevails, the woman. Labels are always placed from the outside. And what ends up remaining of the person, in his internal sense, is a defense on the fragility of life and on the very personal circumstances, as well as on the unique truths and the great lies.
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