Xenia works hard to be top of her class, inspired by the dream of studying medicine; but lately her performance has been flagging. The fact is that Xenia has fallen in love, though not with one of the boys she knows.
Leicester, winter 1862. Mary Jane Potterton falls under the feet of an elephant in the Wombwell Circus procession. The incident is prophetic, and the child she is carrying will bear the cross his whole life.
"I play at hiding kisses with my Grandpa Simón every day. Although he may have to go to hospital, although he may not be there, my Grandpa Simón and I keep playing...".
Hélene has experienced great love and sexual passion with her husband. When their two children are born, however, he starts to lose interest in her as a lover. She can't bear it.
My great-grandmother is an old woman, a very old woman, and that's why she knows a lot about almost everything. She's very interesting and funny. Sometimes she seems sad, but she's almost always happy.
In My Family the author presents a collection of stories about the members of a family: first the father, then the mother, the sister, the brother, Norberta the turtle, Daniel the grandfather…