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It is Sylvia's sixteenth birthday, and her life as an adult is about to begin--not with the party she had been planning, but with a car accident and a broken leg. Behind the wheel is a talented young soccer player, just arrived from Buenos Aires and set for stardom on and off the field. As their destinies collide and a young romance is set in motion, across town, Sylvia's father and grandfather are finding their own lives suddenly derailed by a violent murder and a secret affair with a prostitute. Set against the maze of Madrid's congested and contested streets, Learning to Lose follows these…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2011Portobello · 9781846272066
- Other · English · 2010Other Press · 579 pages · 9781590513224
Teenage girlsFear of failureFathers and sonsSoccer playersFathers and daughtersInterpersonal relationsGuiltTraffic accident victims









