Kutsatira njira ya Sarah amakoka, wolemba wamkulu yemwe amakhala ku Spain, wolemba Karen Viggers apezanso malo omwe amakonda kwambiri m'malo athu kuti atiphunzitse.
Kwa wowerenga waku Europe nthawi zonse pamakhala chisakanizo chachilendo ndi chidwi pozungulira nkhani yomwe idanenedwa kuchokera mbali ina yadziko lapansi. Nthawi ino tidapita kuchilumba cha Bruny, ku Tasmania, kukakumana ndi Mary, mayi wachikulire yemwe amayang'anizana ndi lottery yam'bandakucha womaliza, komwe tsiku lililonse latsopano ndi tikiti yatsopano yochoka padziko lino lapansi.
Mwakutero, bukuli limangokhala pazolemba zokhazokha za "nkhani zachikazi" zomwe sizimasangalatsa mabuku ambiri. Chifukwa chiyani nkhani ili yachikazi? Chifukwa chakumvetsetsa kwake? Chifukwa chiyani mulankhula nafe za chikondi? Ndidaganizira kale ndikulowa kwina za bukuli Banja lopanda ungwirondi Pepa Roma. Lingaliro lazamalonda la mabuku azimayi okha silikuwoneka labwino kwa ine ...
Mary, mkaziyo, amatipatsa chithunzi chodabwitsa cha zakale. Anali mkazi wodzipereka, wodzipereka panthaka ngati mkazi woyang'anira nyumba zowunikira omwe sakanatha kusiya ntchito yake yayikulu yotsogolera zombo usiku.
Kumayambiriro kwa bukuli, patatha zaka zambiri kumbuyo kwake komanso ali ndi masiku ochepa, Mary amangoyang'ana bata lachilengedwe lomwe thupi ndi malingaliro amafunsa kuti kutopa kwachilengedwe chilichonse kumabweretsa chiwonongeko chotani.
Koma nthawi zina, ngakhale kumverera kwa zinthu zomaliza, pakhoza kukhala zovuta zothetsa ...
Mary sanakonzekere kubwerera ku chilumba cha Bruny, pomwe nyumba yowunikirayi idayima pakati pa zobiriwira za dambo ndi buluu la kunyanja. Koma kulembera kalata kumamuthandiza kuti abwerere.
Kubwerera ku chilumba chomwe chinali nyumba yake yonse kumadzutsa kutsutsana kwachilengedwe kosatheka kubwerera kumalo komwe anali osangalala. Komanso pachilumbachi Mary adadziwa kubisa zinsinsi zake zomwe zikuwoneka kuti zawonekera ndikuti, pamapeto pake, itha kukhala njira yabwino kwambiri yotsekera malire m'njira yolemekezeka komanso yodabwitsa.
Tsopano mutha kugula buku la La isla de la memoria, buku latsopano lolembedwa ndi Karen Viggers, ndikuchotsera mwayi wopezeka patsamba lino, apa: