Emva kokufunda inoveli yendlela yaseSpain: Ifama, nguDavid Trueba, senza ukutsibela kwamanye aloo mayelenqe emva kwevili Amaqhawe emida. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, ezi ntlobo zamabali ziyimpumelelo epheleleyo xa kufikwa ekunxibelelaneni nomfundi. Ixesha lokuphumla ngasemva kwevili lithuba lokucamngca, imvakalelo yohambo olubalulekileyo, umbono wobomi njengendlela, nento osele uyishiyile kwaye kungakanani okanye kuncinci okukulindileyo ngaphambili.
Ngeli xesha sidibana noJosie, umama wabantwana ababini abangamashumi amane. Uzinikele kumsebenzi wakhe kwaye ugxininiswe kwisingqisho se-diabolical yesixeko esikhulu. YayinguJosie ke lowo, kodwa ngoku uqhuba ngendlela eyedwa esingise eAlaska. Uyazi ukuba uyayifuna ukuze abaleke isithunzi asibayo, ubuntu obakhelwe kwindawo efanelekileyo yokuhlala edolophini enqwenelwa ngumntu wonke, umntu ozaliswe zizinto eziphathekayo anokuthi ngazo agqume isikhewu.
UJosie uwisa yonke into. Yintoni eya kuba yinto yabaninzi kwaye iya kuba sisenzo sokungazi nto yohlobo oluthile lwengxaki, ngokwenene ikhefu kunye nolo nxunguphalo kunye nokuphoxeka komntu owaziyo ukuba bafakwe kwi-corseted kunye ne-coiffed, egcwele ulindelo kunye neendlela.
Kwanolwalamano lwakhe njengomama luye lwaphazamiseka. Abantwana babo abaneminyaka emihlanu kunye nesibhozo ubudala ngamanye amaxesha babonakala bengabantu ababini abangabaziyo abakhula kufutshane nabo njengemifuno etyalwe egadini...
Kuyo yonke loo nto…, ukuqhuba. Misela indawo ekude kwaye umisele indlela ezolileyo. Uqhuba kwaye ucinge, wabelana ngendawo eguqukayo kunye nabo bahamba nawe, uthetha, ucinge kwaye uphuphe ngaloo ndawo entsha yokuya. UJosie uzinikela kuhambo, oluthi njengalo naluphi na uhambo oluyingozi luzise ilahleko kunye nobungozi. Kodwa sele isaziwa ukuba lowo ungenayo ingozi, ulahlekelwa yinto yonke.
IAlaska iba ligama lomlingo kuJosie. Apho uye wacinga ngokwakha kwakhona ubomi bakhe kwaye ujonge kwesa siphelo selizwekazi laseMelika ezimisele kwaye eqinisekile ngakumbi. Njengoko eqhuba, uJosie ufumanisa indlela aluvuthulula ngayo lonke uthuli olugcinwe phezu kwakhe, ade azibhaqe emncinci, ephila kwaye ethanda ukuphila.
Ungayithenga incwadi Amaqhawe emida, inoveli entsha ngu UDave Eggers, Apha: