Zitha bwanji Sabina, "Palibe chikhumbo choyipa kuposa kulakalaka zomwe sizinachitikepo, zomwe zidachitikapo." Kuseri kwa nsalu yotchinga zenizeni, nthano zimapanga mtundu wotere wa nthano zamatsenga zomwe zimakulitsa zenizeni kapena kuzipangitsa kuti zizisowa. Pamapeto pake pali tsatanetsatane wa mbali zonse ziwiri za mfundozo. Mabuku a Cristina ali ndi udindo pa nkhaniyi yodzaza chirichonse ndi matsenga omaliza amatsenga a zomwe zakhala zikukhala mu zikopa zina kuti amve kuti zonse ndi zoona, zomvetsa chisoni.
Mayi wachikulire Lucha watsala pang'ono kuphedwa ndi mwamuna wake asanawoneke modabwa ndi mdzukulu wake. Chiyambi cha rancor chinasonkhanitsidwa kwa zaka zambiri kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa January 2, 1921. Lucha wamng'onoyo anakhala ndi moyo panthawi yosweka chombo cha nthunzi. Woyera Elizabeth m’mphepete mwa nyanja ya Arousa, moyang’anizana ndi chisumbu cha Sálvora. Pamene amuna amakondwerera kubwera kwa chaka chatsopano, amayi adayang'anizana okha kupulumutsidwa kwa anthu otayika podziponya m'nyanja ndi dornas zawo.
Ankaonedwa ngati ngwazi, koma mphekesera zinamvekanso za makhalidwe oipa, mmene umbombo ndi kulanda zinthu zinkakhalira limodzi. Usiku umenewo Lucha anapita ku gombe atavala ngati mkwatibwi: adakoka tsitsi lake lalitali, ndipo adalola kuti chisokonezocho chimutsogolere kutsogolo kwa maliseche koma atavala chipewa chapamwamba. Anali ndani? Woyimba wachingelezi kapena mdierekezi wobadwa m'thupi? Nchifukwa chiyani Lucha adakhala maliseche ngati iye? Zimene zinachitika tsiku limenelo zidzasonyeza moyo wake, wa mwana wake wamkazi komanso wa mdzukulu wake.
Kuphatikizika kwa mbiri yakale ya zovuta zazikulu m'masiku ake, ndi zopeka zimalola Cristina Sanchez-Andrade yendani ulendo wapadera kudutsa mibadwo itatu ya akazi ochokera kumadera ang'onoang'ono asodzi odzaza ndi anthu osaiŵalika (monga hippie Stardust, kapena Jesussa wosaiwalika).
Apanso, wolemba mwaluso amasakaniza zenizeni zenizeni ndi surreal delirium, kuyitanitsa fungo lolondola lazodabwitsa. izo, zenizeni zamatsenga za Cunqueiro ndi zodabwitsa za Chiphalapala. Chotsatira chake ndi buku lochititsa chidwi: kukumbukira kukumbukira zomwe zikukhudza zinsinsi ndi nsanje, kudziimba mlandu pamodzi ndi chilakolako cha akazi; chovuta kwa owerenga, olembedwa ndi luso lamakono ndi prose yapadera, yokhoza kupanga masewera a hypnotic omwe samatha mpaka tsamba lomaliza.
Tsopano mutha kugula buku la "Nostalgia of the amphibian woman", lolemba Cristina Sánchez Andrade, apa:
