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Un paseo por la montaña no presagia nada bueno para Sadie, una perra de cría a quien pocas veces se le da la oportunidad de pasear; su tarea es parir, pero ese día su dueño le ha sacado al bosque y, cuando está bien adentro, se ha parado y poniéndose frente a ella, ha sacado algo de la chaqueta. ¡Bang!, suena, y un dolor insoportable recorre a Sadie. Sin aún comprender qué está pasando, ha visto el cañón de una escopeta y a su asesino, su propio dueño, cómo la disparaba entre los ojos y en la columna vertebral. Dos tiros y todo se volvió negro. Pero Sadie no murió, su afán...

Esta historia relata la vida de una señora oriunda de San Rafael de Heredia, Costa Rica, Centro América. Ella fue madre de una numerosa familia, y, la amó toda su existencia. El libro se divide en dos partes: en la primera se relata una fracción de vida. En la segunda, se describen “Las últimas páginas de la vida de María”, porque se fundamenta en la etapa final de su presencia en este mundo: la vejez, las complicaciones de su salud integral, las necesidades personales y la dependencia de cuidadores para satisfacerlas, la gravedad, la muerte y el proceso de luto. Por ello, el libro ...

A powerful memoir by two sisters about transitioning, family, and the path to self-realization. When Orange Is the New Black and Diary of a Future President star Selenis Leyva was young, her hardworking parents brought a new foster child into their warm, loving family in the Bronx. Selenis was immediately smitten; she doted on the baby, who in turn looked up to Selenis and followed her everywhere. The little boy became part of the family. But later, the siblings realized that the child was struggling with their identity. As Marizol transitioned and fought to define herself, Selenis and the...

I became a father at fifteen. At my young age, I wanted to play at being an adult, and the responsibilities were coming day by day in my new chapter as a father. During my boy's first birthday, I had the opportunity, over dinner at my house, to tell my mother that I would soon marry Elizabeth. She took my hand and said, "You two are too young to take such a huge step. Life is just beginning for both of you, and you still have a very long way to go and meet many more people." Regardless of her words that night, my decision to continue with the civil wedding remained solid, and a couple of...