Written by the Spanish autor Aroa Moreno Durán and illustrated by Ana Jarén. Published by Lumen (an inprint of Penguin Random House).

The first illustrated biography of Almudena Grandes: a beautiful tribute by Aroa Moreno Durán and Ana Jarén to one of the most beloved authors in Spanish literature.

"The book has something of a living collage, where text, drawings, stories and voices blend together to create a tapestry that speaks of the creative world and the writer who inhabited it, while at the same time offering a careful reading of her work. [...] The result is a book as varied as life itself".Andrea Aguilar, El País

Few women writers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries have been more widely read, have won as many prizes, critics and readers, and have aroused as much admiration and love as Almudena Grandes. A voracious reader, Almudena wrote so that her generation could be as modern as that of her grandmothers during the Second Republic. Determined to recover the traces of a past hidden by the dictatorship, she investigated, discovered and fictionalised the margins of a forgotten country, making memory the central axis of her literary work and becoming a tracker of characters and stories. But Almudena not only had the secret of literature, she also knew how to get life right in order to always keep her joy intact. These pages are a journey through the years and words of a woman committed to her time, but, above all, to books.

Like other authors of her generation, Aroa Moreno Durán grew up reading Almudena Grandes and was lucky enough to know her. In this book she vindicates her memory and her work and, together with Ana Jarén, pays an emotional tribute to her.

The critics have said:

"It is not only drawing and words, it is a journey into the very soul of a woman whose way of being, frank, impulsive, generous, was also part of her literature. [...] Whoever looks at the book sees and hears that woman. I confess that even the tone of her voice, so peculiar, so powerful, in the end as tender as the breath in which her joy ended, stands out in this book that remembers her, lives her and portrays her".
Juan Cruz, La Opinión de Málaga

"A special and magnificent book, [...] very well written. Almudena would be very proud. [...] A sentimental biography with many hours of documentation behind it".
Carles Francino, La ventana de los libros - Cadena SER