J.R. Bautista reads from "The Road, and Nothing More"

Set in the narrow streets of a historic Madrid neighborhood between 1937 and the 1950s, this novel centers on struggling, interrelated families during the Spanish Civil War and the Franco dictatorship. These characters don't have the means to be idealists, but tough, resilient and dignified, they appraise their situations and adapt in order to eat and to stay alive. The reader will care about them to the last page, as they fight to maintain their dignity and their commitment to one another.