Publisher's Synopsis
It is 1920 and the beautiful village of Yegen, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, awakens to a new year. For years, Yegen's small community has continued in its own quiet way, knowing little of the outside world. But the arrival of Gerald Brenan, the British writer, and his string of visitors, brings a new excitement. But Gerald is not the only new arrival; in a dusty stable a child is born. With her dark hair and wide, soot-black eyes, the young Encarnita was as beautiful as she was serious. Growing up with Virginia Woolf and other Bloomsbury group friends of Don Geraldo visiting the village regularly, Encarnita learned many stories. But after the passing of 80 years and many miles, there is still one tale left to tell...
