Loss and Legacy in “A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes” – Chicago Review of Books

Loss and Legacy in “A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Rodrigo García lost his mother, Mercedes Barcha Pardo, in August of 2020. Like so many others, he was kept from her bedside by COVID-19 travel restrictions. In A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son’s Memoir, he writes:  “Unable to travel, I saw her alive for the last time on the cracked screen of … Read more