The Fountains of Silence by Ruta SepetysMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Ruta Sepetys has done it again; this beautiful awful story of a Franco's dictatorship and the poor people of Spain who cannot tell/talk to anyone about what is really going on (as well as what went on for the 30 odd years Franco ruled with an iron grip). I truly loved Daniel as he visits Spain with his mother (who is from Spain) and oil man husband/father. He wants to be a photographer while he father expects him to go into the family business. While in Spain, he meets Ana, who works in the hotel and is assigned to his family. As Daniel becomes friendly with Ana, a diplomat's son, and a journalist, his life changes---he becomes aware that there is much he does not know about the people of Spain and there is little they will tell him, why? As Daniel delves deeper into the mysteries and secrets---lives are being threatened. What will happen to Daniel, his family and friends? I was so disturbed as I read this thoroughly researched book, while the true reports, commentary and oral history in each chapter shed a light on people who were held in a tight reign of silence, fear, and prejudice. A must read!
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