A troubled boy and his mother spiral downward into homelessness in this companion to the poignant middle-grade Firegirl from acclaimed writer Tony Abbott.
In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is heartbroken, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs—yet he reserves his heart for ...
