The Bitch

Damaris lives with her husband on the Colombian Pacific coast in an old, cramped shack. Damaris is already forty, and despite all efforts, she and her husband still haven’t been able to have a child. So when she accidentally finds a puppy, it becomes the center of her universe and an endless source of love. She devotes all her time to caring for the dog—until one day the dog disappears, plunging Damaris’s serene life into real chaos. Harrowing, deeply moving, and merciless, this novel reveals other sides of motherhood, love, and compassion.