Manuela Espinal Solano
Born in Medellin in 1998, Espinal Solano wrote this novella for a youth literary contest while she was in high school in 2016. She did not win the competition, but her work was discovered and quickly published by Editorial Angosta. Written in the first person, the semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story introduces us to a young woman who has grown up in a musical family. Her mother and grandmother are professional singers. There is not one family member who is not an amateur, semi-professional, or professional vocalist, instrumentalist, or both.