Cuanto más profunda es el agua, más feo es el pez

Edie is sixteen when she discovers her mother dying after a suicide attempt. At the same time, Mae, her sister, is prey to one of those trances that respond to her mother's dark moods. After the event, both must go live with their father, with whom they had lost all contact. The melancholy and nostalgia of the two girls and their contradictory feelings towards the father make them begin to follow opposite, irreconcilable and destructive paths, incapable of giving shape and meaning to the pain that has been sedimenting in the depths. The multiple voices that make up this book, its unforgettable characters, the unprecedented dissection of our secrets; All this makes this novel mix like no other the most refined style with the most torn emotions and fears that we all harbor: those that come from the deepest waters of our family stories.