Secrets of a Lost Diary

A tender story told in two lives, Santiago Cohen creates a meditation on heartbreak, isolation, and the promise of solace.

When her dementia-stricken grandmother Babi dies, 15-year-old Lucy —sensitive and sentimental, with a punky haircut and ears full of piercings— is left reeling and unmoored. That is, until a secret diary locked away in a hidden compartment drops out from Babi’s desk. What follows is a living epistolary, reflecting grandmother and granddaughter’s struggles with belonging....