Ua hūnā ʻia ke kumuhana o kēia puke ma lalo o ke poʻo inoa o kahi mele kaulana na The Clash, "E noho anei au a i ʻole pono wau e hele?" (Pono wau e noho a hele paha wau?) Ma muli o kēlā ʻano kānalua, kēlā huikau o ka manaʻolana a me ka maopopo ʻeleʻele ʻaʻohe mea e kono iā ʻoe e noho i kou ʻāina a me kou home.
He mea kūwaho ka noho malihini ʻana mai ka wā o Mose. Ke pau ka moena, ma hope nā mea hoʻomanaʻo, ka homeickness a me kahi wahi hōʻole ʻole o ka huhū no ka papahana ola piha ʻole i mua o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e koi a i hoʻokau ʻia paha e nā pilikia.
Y ʻO Jorge Fernandez Diaz kamaʻilio i ka pilikia o ka neʻe ʻana me kahi ʻano ʻē ma hope a ma hope, ma lalo o kahi kaila ʻoi loa o ka hopena i ka hopena i loko o ko mākou ʻili mahalo i kāna hōʻike fictionalised exuberant i nā kikoʻī, wehewehe a ma luna o nā mea āpau, nā manaʻo o nā mea protagonists. No ka mea pili ia i nā mokuna o ke ola o kona makuahine ponoʻī, nā ʻāpana o ka luʻuluʻu a me kēlā hoʻoilina i haʻi ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻike nui i ke ola wāwae wāwae wāwae.
Mai ka Asturias i komo i loko o ka dictatorhip hohonu loa o Franco, ua like ka wā e hiki mai ana me ka ʻeleʻele o ka lanahu o ka ʻāina. ʻO ka wā e hiki mai ana o kahi ʻohana ʻāina i kono ʻole iā mākou e noʻonoʻo e hiki ai i kahi mea ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, no laila ʻo ka muli loa o ka hale, ʻo Carmen, he keiki ʻōpio wale nō ia, e hoʻomaka ana no Argentina, e kali ana no ke koena o ka ʻohana e ukali iā ia.
Akā ʻaʻohe mea i hōʻea mai a ʻo ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ka honua me he wahi nahenahe ʻole kahi e hiki ai i ka wahine ʻōpio ke hoʻoikaika e ola. Me ka manaʻo paʻa loa o kahi wahine ʻōpio i nā kūlana nohona maikaʻi ʻole o ʻAtena i noho aliʻi ʻia e Perón, ua ʻike ʻo Carmen i kahi kope o kahi home i hāpai iki ʻia e ka mahalo i kāna paʻi pono.
A i loko o kēia ola hou, mai kahi ʻole, ʻike mākou i nā mea hoihoi ʻē aʻe e puni ana i kēlā makuahine nāna e hoʻohua ka manaʻolana akā pili ʻole i kēlā haʻalele ʻana, i kēlā haki mamao e pūnana ana i ka puʻuwai o kēlā me kēia malihini.
ʻO ka mea kākau ponoʻī nō hoʻi i hana i kāna keiki kāne ma ke ʻano he keiki a Carmen, ke loaʻa nei ma lalo o ka pale o ka makuwahine ke ʻano o ka hoʻāpono nui ma waena o kekahi ʻano o ka hoʻoilina hoʻoilina a me ka ʻike kūlohelohe o kekahi mea i loaʻa ke ala maopopo e kākau ai i kona ola.
Mai nā lā o Carmen a hiki i nā lā o kāna mau keiki, mai Sepania a me Argentina i hele i nā ʻāina hou o kēia lā. ʻAneʻane hānai pinepine ʻia ʻo Homelands mai ka makemake ikaika, ʻo ka poʻe e kūkulu hou i ko lākou ola e haʻalele nei i ko lākou home mua i nehinei, i kēia lā a mau loa aku.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia puke Mamá, kekahi o nā puke hoihoi a pilikino a Jorge Fernández Díaz, ma aneʻi: