Becoming Justina

Unable to fathom the circumstances surrounding her twin sister's mysterious death, Clea assumes her identity as "Justina" and leaves California to return to Spain, the place of their birth. As she hunts for clues regarding her sister in Madrid and then Sevilla, she is haunted by memories of her mother's search for their missing father, a flamenco singer. As she re-enters the flamenco world, the two quests become more intertwined. Like Don Quixote, Justina imposes her imagination on the people she meets—from a legendary thief and his bawd who use her for revenge to a Basque double agent who loves her—and entangles their desires and destinies in her own.