Maria Duenas talks about her internationally bestselling novel, THE TIME IN BETWEEN.
A lush and artfully crafted novel that spans one woman’s adventurous life from the Spanish Civil War through World War II, Dueñas’ provocative debut has been compared to Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s powerful The Shadow of the Wind and the iconic and timeless Casablanca.
Set in Madrid, Tetuán, and Lisbon before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War through the Second World War,THE TIME IN BETWEEN follows the life of Sira Quiroga. Born a poor seamstress in Madrid, Sira—after being abandoned in Tangiers by her lover—forges a new identity and becomes the most sought-after couturiere in North Africa, catering to the idle rich and the wealthy wives of high ranking officials.
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Sira dreams only of paying off her debts and rescuing her mother from war-torn Madrid, but soon finds herself embroiled in a world of spies and counterspies. Her profession puts her in a perfect position to garner classified intelligence…and then pass it along to the British Secret Service through a secret code stitched into the hems of her haute couture dresses.
