Redemption! Jenny, a young English school teacher with a firm job offer travels to Tehran, Iran in 1976. She soon integrates in the international society, meets, falls in love and eventually marries Juan Miguel, a Spanish diplomat several years her senior. Both are Roman Catholics. For a couple of decades, they travel around the world as he assumes new diplomatic roles. However, there is a reason in the choice of certain international postings. He also belongs to the CNI, the Spanish secret service, working with other European agencies that are monitoring and reporting on Islamic terrorist activity. Jenny is eventually recruited to assist the organization. Years later Juan Miguel is appointed as Spain s special envoy to the United Nations in Washington. At the height of his career, tragedy strikes as he slowly develops Alzheimer s disease and has to leave the service. The couple return to his home town in Galicia, northwest Spain. Juan Miguel is eventually confined to a home. Meanwhile, Jenny has met and befriends Ramon, a young social worker that is dealing with their case. The inevitable occurs. They become passionate lovers. When her husband finally passes away, confused, she searches for a reason. Written in the first person, the plot begins as a romantic thriller and eventually turns into human suffering caused by grief, then sexual guilt whilst grappling with devout religious beliefs. The psychological effect on a human being with conflicting feelings of this nature lead to a clash within one s conscience and a hidden cry for absolution. Will Jenny find an answer? |
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