Gina María Balibrera

Rich and furious, hilarious and devastating, The Volcano Daughters is the story of two sisters through and beyond La Matanza, the 1932 massacre that cost 30,000 lives and changed El Salvador forever. Graciela is raised in the Izalco volcanos, dusty-kneed and bound closely to her friends, until a messenger from the Capital comes to claim her: at nine years old...

Set in 20th-century El Salvador, The Volcano Daughters is a powerful novel about sisterhood, art, and a community of women who refuse to be silenced. 'A gripping and spellbinding novel about a sisterhood ripped apart by violence, narrated by a ghostly chorus. An unforgettable debut.' Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half Nine-year-old Graciela is raised in the shadow of...