Brenda Navarro talks about the activist power of literature, identity and migration at a meeting of the EL PAÍS Reading Club. Ceniza en la boca tells the coming-of-age journey of a young Mexican woman who is forced to emigrate to Spain.
The story begins with the suicide of her brother and, from this traumatic event, a series of social themes unfold. “I am not the same after writing this book,” Navarro confessed during the conversation with readers.