Who now remembers Sara Amat? She was just thirteen when she disappeared one summer night and was never again heard from. There was a single news item the following day in the Diario de Terrassa, and a great deal of speculation and many rumours. She is particularly remembered by Pep de Cal Sabater, the narrator of this story, because that night, as he tells us, Sara didn't disappear, but sneaked in through the back door of his house. She didn't hide for many days, but sometimes the memory of certain events last a whole lifetime, and even give it meaning. Written from the distance of the intervening years, Life Without Sara Amat is the confession of certain unforgettable events, a few days in the life of a village in the summer, a love-struck, obedient boy and a girl who was no longer a girl and wanted to fulfil her fierce, urgent desire to escape, even if it is through the back door.