Saira never liked her looks. She’s blond, blue-eyed, and everyone calls her kharami, or, what’s the same, misbegotten. She lives in Afghanistan with her sister, mum and grandpa, and believes she’s eight. When Ramin – a cruel and Taliban supporter man – walks into her life, misfortune hangs over her family forever.
But not everything’s over for Saida. The girl reaches Valencia thanks to the Spanish Troops, and grows surrounded by the love of her foster care family, even though nightmares of her past keep visiting her. When Pablo offers her the possibility to open her heart to love ¿Will she be able to heal her childhood wounds and start being happy?
Anabel Botella was born in Cartagena, even though she considers herself from Águilas (Murcia). At the present time, she combines her passion for writing with her actress work at the Serpentina theatre company. She’s the author of Ángeles desterrados (Exiled Angels) and Como desees (As you desire), II Award Ellas, Romantic Young Adult. She also obtained the Literature Award of the Carolina Torres Palero Foundation 2013.
She administrates the literary blog La ventana de los libros (Books Window) and lives with her couple and son in Valencia.
