The Fountains of Silence, (Hardcover)

from JanaRose1

Daniel Matheson and his family travel to Madrid in 1957. While his parents rub shoulders with the rich and elite, Daniel takes his camera and tries to find an authentic picture of Spain. Ana, a young woman working at the hotel, meets Daniel and begins to fall for him. Trying to keep a balance bet...

from sleahey

Two stories intersect: Daniel is a wealthy Texan teenager who is visiting Madrid with his parents. Ana, the daughter of Republican parents who died during the Spanish Civil War, is a maid at the hotel where Daniel and his parents are staying. The hardships and dangers of daily life in Franco's Sp...

from Jennie_103

Another hidden part of history highlighted by Sepetys. I love how she brings the past to life and makes me genuinely interested in the lives of ordinary people in that era far beyond what might have been taught at school. It tends to be relatively recent "history" too which makes it easier to fee...

from PagesandPieces

This felt like reading All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. That was one of the most beautiful books I've read in a while, and I enjoyed this one equally as much. The details about the city of Madrid and surrounding towns were beautiful and I felt fully immersed in the time period and wa...

from Maydacat

So much unhappiness and so much pain in this story. It was hard to read, and yet, once begun, it was hard not to. It is set in Spain during the reign of dictator Francisco Franco. Many things were hidden then from tourists and foreign businessmen. Through the different points of view of various c...