Las leopardas

Clara moves through the world with an unnerving natural ease, as if prejudice simply didn't apply to her. During the school year, she lives in Zaragoza, but she spends her summers with her family in the Pyrenees—a time when fierce teenage friendships, music, cinema, and a passionate belief in horoscopes herald the awakening of a generation (that of the late seventies) that feels as though everything is waiting to be discovered. She is accompanied by a unique constellation of women who defy convention, even as everything around them changes at breakneck speed. Yet a silent illness will shape the destiny of some of them. Faced with stigma, however, they choose tenderness and caring for those they love. *Las leopardas* is a luminous, heart-wrenching, and often humorous novel about female desire, friendship, and memory. It is a tribute to a generation of pioneers who forged their own paths during an era of newfound freedom and uncertainty. An unforgettable story demonstrating that, even in the darkest moments, life moves forward with determination and keeps on roaring.