My Memoires

About the Book

During the first years of my childhood, I lived with my grandmother, María, the mother of my mother. Later my mother decided to place me in La Casa Cuna (The House of the Cradle). I don’t know exactly what my age was then, but because of the pictures they took of me and my grandmother, I must have been about five years old.

About the Author

My name is Ana Taboada Vega. I was born in Malaga, on October 26, 1945. My father was named José Taboada Calvo, and he was born in Padrón de la Coruña, Spain. My mother was named Ana Vega Moreno, and she was born in Alhama de Granada, Spain. My mother had nine children. Three of them died before I was born—during the Civil War of Spain. I am the third of six siblings. My siblings are José, Antonia, Salvador, Trinidad and Rafael. My siblings José, Salvador, and Trinidad died before I even wrote this book. My two older siblings, José and Antonia, were born in Galicia. After they were born my parents traveled to Malaga, and it was there I was born, and my other three younger siblings were born as well.