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Melba Escobar in conversation with Manuela Gómez

Medellín 2025, 
Columnist and writer Melba Escobar (Colombia), author of the children's book Johnny y el mar, the non-fiction book Cuando éramos felices pero no lo sabíamos, and the novels Duermevela, La casa de la belleza, La mujer que hablaba sola, among others, will visit the Biblioteca Pública Piloto to talk about Las huérfanas, her latest book that portrays her mother, Myriam de Nogales, "an unattainable woman in her skills and talents, passionate, caustic, wounded and hurtful, brilliant." In conversation with Manuela Gómez.
Melba Escobar in conversation with Manuela Gómez