Small Wars in Madrid: A powerful and moving literary novella

David Aguilera's life is falling apart. Faced with the prospect of losing his family, he turns to those who are most important to him - his closest friend Marce; his Catholic adoptive mother; his Jewish birth mother; and his estranged wife Margalit, herself Jewish - to confront his conflicting identities and decide the man he wants to become.

David Aguilera''s life is collapsing around him. After the catastrophic loss of the vessel under his command and a perilous trek across the Baltics to safety, he returns home to find himself unable to reconnect with his family. Frustrated by his inability to express what he is feeling, his wife Margalit moves out to stay with friends, taking their children with her.

As David anxiously awaits the official inquiry into his conduct, he turns to those who are most important to him – his closest friend and comrade Marce; his Catholic adoptive mother; his Jewish birth mother; and Margalit, herself Sephardi Jewish. Faced with the prospect of losing his family altogether, he must confront his conflicting identities and faiths and decide the man he wants to become.

• | Author: Anthony Ferner
• | Publisher: Fairlight Books
• | Publication Date: Mar 14, 2024
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781914148590
• | ISBN-10: 1914148592