This intimate family novel that follows the rise and fall of a great love is also a moving tribute to the generation that struggled to survive in Spain after the Civil War.In Open Heart, Elvira Lindo tells the story of her parents--the story of an excessive love, passionate and unstable, forged through countless fights and reconciliations, which had a profound effect on their entire family.Manuel Lindo came from nothing, but stubbornly worked his way up at the Dredging and Construction Company. ...