Alicia

<p class=ql-align-justify><em>Alicia</em> tells the spellbinding story of young free-spirited Mexican Alicia Serrano who experiences romance tragedy and hope in her adventurous life. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Alicia's life is beset with challenges and setbacks from the moment she's born in 1960. From an early age she must develop a steely resolve to overcome them. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>She is highly intelligent and a gifted athlete characteristics she shares with her older brother Andrés. An outstanding runner he's caught up in the political turmoil engulfing Mexico in 1968 before the Olympic Games. He is a victim of the Tlatelolco Massacre in October and she does her best to save his life.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>An avid reader her love of language becomes a passion. As a highly qualified linguist she travels to Spain and then West Africa where she joins a team of Australians on an expedition kayaking down the Niger River a feat never achieved before. During the adventure she falls in love with Alain the love of her life. When he is killed in a terrorist ambush in Sierra Leone she goes through a period of unbearable grief. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Calling on all her reserves of courage and resilience she escapes to Western Australia where she meets Lennard. He's a world-renowned Aboriginal glass artist and activist who invites her to assist in reviving Malgana his dying language. Will this new challenge prove a turning point in her life and lead to happiness? </p><p></p>