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El Último Gran Refugio

La Familia
  • By Juan Varela
$15.99
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Un anciano pesca solo en un valle, en un mundo que ya no es el de antes. Sobrevivió a la catástrofe que diezmó a varias naciones. Cuando lo encuentran muerto en su cabaña, tiene entre las manos un caballito de madera tallado por su bisabuelo en una celda. Sobre la mesa queda abierto un diario, y en su primera página se lee un título: Memorias de un superviviente.

Antes de morir, dejó por escrito lo único que verdaderamente sobrevive cuando todo se quema: la familia.

Así comienza El último gran refugio, la obra más personal y ambiciosa de Juan Varela. A través de una historia que cruza generaciones --un padre y su hijo frente a una cabaña incendiada, un matrimonio al borde del divorcio, heridas que parecían imposibles de sanar y una boda de cristal celebrada como acto de redención--, el autor nos conduce al corazón de una verdad urgente: cuando los vínculos se rompen, también se rompe algo dentro de la sociedad.

La primera parte del libro es una historia. La segunda revela los principios que esa historia encarna, recorriendo la historia humana desde los primeros fuegos del hogar y los antiguos clanes hasta las relaciones de bolsillo del siglo XXI. Con la sensibilidad de un consejero familiar y la autoridad de alguien que ha dedicado décadas a estudiar, acompañar y restaurar hogares, Juan Varela muestra por qué la familia no es una estructura del pasado, sino una esperanza para el futuro.

En una época que ha hecho desechables los vínculos, este libro recupera una de las ideas más antiguas y más radicales: hay un lugar al que siempre se puede volver.

Ese lugar se llama familia.

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An old man fishes alone in a valley, in a world that is no longer what it once was. He survived the catastrophe that decimated several nations. When he is found dead in his cabin, he is holding a small wooden horse carved by his great-grandfather in a prison cell. On the table lies an open journal, and on its first page appears a title: Memoirs of a Survivor.

Before he died, he wrote down the one thing that truly survives when everything burns: family.

This is how The Last Great Refuge begins, Juan Varela's most personal and ambitious work. Through a story that spans generations--a father and son standing before a burned cabin, a marriage on the brink of divorce, wounds that seemed impossible to heal, and a crystal wedding celebrated as an act of redemption--the author leads us to the heart of an urgent truth: when family bonds break, something in society breaks with them.

The first part of the book tells the story. The second reveals the principles embodied in it, tracing the journey of the family through human history: from the first fires of the home and the ancient clans to the fragile, convenient relationships of the twenty-first century. With the sensitivity of a family counselor and the authority of someone who has spent decades studying, guiding, and restoring families, Juan Varela shows why the family is not a relic of the past, but a hope for the future.

In an age that has made human bonds disposable, this book recovers one of the oldest and most radical ideas of all: there is a place we can always return to.

That place is called family.

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    • SKU: 9798887698298
    • Manufacturer: Whitaker House
    • ISBN 13: 9798887698298
    • Publication Date: 04/13/2027
    • Format: Paperback
    • Author: Juan Varela
    • Page Count: 192

     
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