the captain's daughters

New York, 1936. The small restaurant El Capitán begins its journey on Fourteenth Street, one of the enclaves of the Spanish colony that at the time resided in the city. The accidental death of its owner, Emilio Arenas, forces his twenty-something daughters to take the reins of the business while the collection of a promising compensation is settled in court. Dejected and harassed by the urgent need to survive, the temperamental Victoria, Mona, and Luz Arenas will make their way among skyscrapers, compatriots, adversities, and loves, determined to turn a dream into reality.

With a reading as agile and engaging as it is moving, Las hijas del Capitán unfolds the story of three young Spanish women who were forced to cross an ocean, settled in a dazzling city, and fought bravely to find their way: a tribute to women who resist when the winds blow against them, and a homage to all those brave people who lived the often epic and almost always uncertain adventure of emigration.

New York, 1936. The small restaurant El Capitán begins its journey on Fourteenth Street, one of the enclaves of the Spanish colony that at the time resided in the city. The accidental death of its owner, Emilio Arenas, forces his twenty-something daughters to take the reins of the business while the collection of a promising compensation is settled in court. Dejected and harassed by the urgent need to survive, the temperamental Victoria, Mona, and Luz Arenas will make their way among skyscrapers, compatriots, adversities, and loves, determined to turn a dream into reality.

With a reading as agile and engaging as it is moving, Las hijas del Capitán unfolds the story of three young Spanish women who were forced to cross an ocean, settled in a dazzling city, and fought bravely to find their way: a tribute to women who resist when the winds blow against them, and a homage to all those brave people who lived the often epic and almost always uncertain adventure of emigration.