It is summer. Vila de Gràcia is preparing to celebrate its festa major, a whole new world for Quer, a rural girl who, without notice, is forced to spend the holidays at her grandfather’s house. There she will discover a whole neighborhood life, the art of decorating streets and the involvement of young people in festival committees; among all this, also, more than one unexpected love. Nothing will prevent her from having to face an unknown past: while she is suffering from the serious mountain accident suffered by one of her mothers, she will do everything she can to complete a family puzzle that was broken years ago. Immersed in this volcano of conflicting feelings, Quer will find a hidden refuge between the pages of La plaça del Diamant and, immersed in reading and following in the footsteps of Colometa, she will discover the framework of her own origin and resolve her identity conflicts.

El cel de l’aigua is an emotional and vibrant novel about the growth of a teenager lost in the heart of Barcelona. With the empathy and sensitivity that characterize her work, Muriel Villanueva offers us a story of love, empowerment and personal rediscovery woven with the echoes and reflections of Mercè Rodoreda’s masterpiece, still alive in our streets