Literary Fiction
Burning Mist
by Laura Baeza
“We believed that nothing would to hurt more than the disappearance of Irene, but we were wrong; far from knowing the pain of true loss.” For Esther, the memories of her childhood and youth are reduced to the mental illness of her sister, Irene, the special care she needed, and the always insufficient precautions that were set in order to protect her. Afterwards, Esther’s memories are all about her sister’s disappearance and murder. So, how is it possible that in Barcelona, years after these events, she sees her sister on the tv screen? How can that woman in the middle of disturbances in Hidalgo be her allegedly dead sister? Esther crossed the Atlantic before to escape from the pain and loss, but above it all, from the guilt. Now, she will have to make the journey the other way around to search for the truth that was taken from her, alongside Irene. Is it true that, as many other women in Mexico, she was kidnapped and murdered?
