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The flavors of different types of coffee
The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures There were only two possibilities. Either head north or head south. Nothing could be easier. To the north, he would encounter a problem. The highway was interrupted between Colombia and Panama. The break in the highway was known as the Dorien Gap. Besides, he…
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In just a few words
The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures There were only two possibilities. Either head north or head south. Nothing could be easier. To the north, he would encounter a problem. The highway was interrupted between Colombia and Panama. The break in the highway was known as the Dorien Gap. Besides, he…
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The southbound roads
The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures He woke before the crack of dawn and was out of bed before the sun had risen to bathe the world with its daily splendor. In that pale light of a new day, Oscar left the farm, with a dream and a new life…
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Plans for a new life
The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures He spent a few years, formally, in charge of the coffee farm, though for many years before, he had been managing it informally. Since he was a young boy, he had begun to work for the town’s veterinarian, Andres Valencia, respected by all in…
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Partners in the mischief
The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures That was how in the Barichara farm, Dora found in her grandparents, two cold and conventionally adult persons that lacked all knowledge of what it meant to be grandparents, and without the least interest in entering into the fragile, broken world of their granddaughter. Dora was…
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In the search for a bit of affection
The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures The grandparents got married because they had reached the age to do it. And also, because everyone agreed that they made a good match. In that adult world where they got around so comfortably, both weighed the advantages and the disadvantages of their union…
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Contemplating the landscapes of a brief life
The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures It didn’t matter if it was for lunch or breakfast, Dora would happily stop for a bite of something delicious at Los Gemelos, the roadside café at the halfway point of the trip. And for her, that moment represented much more than a mere…
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Riding the edge of the abyss
The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures As time went by, she began to listen to the rumors spread through the city. They insinuated; they said that at nights, Juan Gonzalo Arango forgot his role as a father, spending his nights in those crowded bars of the downtown district. In the…
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Searching for a shelter from the pain
The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures When Dora’s mother had recently passed away, Miss Mercedes, the discipline coordinator at her school, gave Dora, the barely ten-year-old child, a special permit permitting her to leave early on Fridays. What’s more, the permission authorized her not to attend, at all, that day,…
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The last page of the book
The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures Her grandfather never returned, and the grandmother never prepared his coffee for him, nor wait for him to come back after reading his book. Grandmother Ines never saw her beloved Diego once more. Inside the envelope, there was a map. The map indicated where…