Naty Osa’s latest book, Grandma’s Lost
Her Head, entertains, warms the heart, and very
subtly tells a tale of
optimism and tenacity in the face of adversity. Lovingly told and
brilliantly
illustrated by her son, Javier Durá, this is a wise tale that makes
accessible to the reader the realities
both of the frailties of the human body
and the enduring strength of familial affections. The story is
loosely
autobiographical, based on the author’s mother’s stroke and the family’s
struggle to understand
and accept the changes in their beloved mother and
grandmother. Set against Durá’s signature fantastic,
colorful and charming
backgrounds, the story explores a child’s range of emotions from
incomprehension to
anger and leads him, and us, on a voyage of maturation,
acceptance, and perseverance.
