Gabi was born in 1980, to a mother who was later executed by the government of Argentina. Her father had been killed the year before. Both of the parents were relatively innocent of any crime, but made the mistake of having leftist political beliefs at the wrong time in Agentina’s history.
Gabi’s adoptive father, Roberto, through ties to the government, was able to adopt Gabi with a minimum of fuss. His wife Alicia, had tried unsuccessfully, for years, to have a child.
Around the time of Gabi’s fifth birthday, there was a great movement underway in Argentina, to discover what had happened to the thousands who had disappeared, and the infants born to women while in prison. Alicia eventually discovered one of Gabi’s birth grandparents. After a family rift, Alicia went to live with her husband’s parents, who helped her raise Gabi in keeping with their more down-to-earth values. Her father, Roberto, lwho ost his business and was disgraced -- killed himself.
Gabi, surrounded by a loving and supportive family (including an extended family from her birth parents) sailed through the teenage years, graduated from high school, attended college, and like her mother, became a teacher. And, like her mother, Gabi learned to not believe what she was told.
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