Elena Knows

Rita was found hanged on the church bell tower. The police are certain – it’s suicide, and they are not conducting an investigation. But Rita’s mother, Elena, knows that her daughter could not have taken her own life. Elena needs... to leave her home and traverse the entire city to speak with the one person who can help her understand what really happened to her daughter. But Elena has Parkinson's disease. Her journey turns into a vast and complicated trek, feasible only for a mother who knows she is right in everything concerning her daughter. "Elena Knows" is a detective story, a family drama, and a novel about illness and corporeality, but it is also a novel about a mother's love, which sometimes proves stronger than illness, and at times – even deadlier.

Author: Клаудиа Пиньейро

Printhouse: Dom istorii

Series: A Room of One's Own

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2024

ISBN: 9785005800527

Number of pages: 224

Size: 200х110х20 mm

Cover type: hard

Weight: 271 g

ID: 1698069

Rita was found hanged on the church bell tower. The police are certain – it’s suicide, and they are not conducting an investigation. But Rita’s mother, Elena, knows that her daughter could not have taken her own life. Elena needs to leave her home and traverse the entire city to speak with the one person who can help her understand what really happened to her daughter. But Elena has Parkinson's disease. Her journey turns into a vast and complicated trek, feasible only for a mother who knows she is right in everything concerning her daughter. "Elena Knows" is a detective story, a family drama, and a novel about illness and corporeality, but it is also a novel about a mother's love, which sometimes proves stronger than illness, and at times – even deadlier.

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