Written by the Spanish autor Carmen G. de la Cueva and illustrated by Ana Jarén. Published by Lumen (an inprint of Penguin Random House).

From Emilia Pardo Bazán to Carmen Martín Gaite, from María Lejárraga to Elena Fortún and Carmen Laforet, the moving story of women who found in writing and friendship the strength to believe in themselves.

There was a time in Spain when everything seemed possible for women: studying, leaving their homes, weaving threads of friendship and planting a small seed which, despite the war and the post-war period, germinated in poems, books and letters. A story that took place in settings such as the Residencia de Señoritas or the Lyceum Club Femenino, which would often continue in exile, and which intertwines the lives of creative women such as Emilia Pardo Bazán, Carmen Baroja, María Lejárraga, María de Maeztu, Victoria Kent, Elena Fortún, Marisol Dorao, Carmen Laforet and Carmen Martín Gaite.

Carmen G. de la Cueva has traced the footsteps of those who, long before her, found in the voice and love of others the necessary impulse to believe in themselves. For her part, Ana Jarén has created the perfect atmosphere for a beautiful tale of sisterhood and creation.