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From his grandfather's bull fighting ranch in Mexico and his father's chiropractic education in Iowa, to his own search for self and the women he cannot forget, Alejandro Salazar Herrera is both guide and lost soul. Through three generations and across four continents, this is a tale of yearning, searching, loss and forgiveness.
Hortensia's imagination and perseverance catapult her from housemaid to a Signora of power in her Tuscan valley, where she harnesses the community to fashion a profitable economy from the war-ravaged countryside. She weaves magic into her cookery and gives her children the best possible education. Along the way, Hortensia encounters men who become lovers and financiers, seeking the man with whom she will fall in love.
Twelve-year-old Harry finds his mother dead. Despite both secretly believing the other is responsible, father and son flee the country. Bewildered, having lost the ability to speak and tormented by his mother's death, Harry is lost until an unlikely person starts up a conversation with him. He is driven to find out the truth, which reveals itself in a most unexpected way.
