Fonseca

 Penelope Fitzgerald was a British writer, magazine editor, and teacher. In Fonseca, author Jessica Francis writes about a few months of Penelope's life that Penelope never wrote about. In 1952 Penelope had a six year old son named Valpry and a two year old daughter named Tina. She is also pregnant. She receives a letter from distant Irish relatives now living in Mexico. Their estate is called Fonseca. The letter hints at a legacy from an old silver mine. Penelope leaves her alcoholic husband and goes to Mexico with Valpry. She leaves two year old Tina with her mother in law. Once they cross the Atlantic on a ship and take a bus to Mexico, she comes into a very strange household. Whether there is any real legacy remains unclear. Penelope and Valpry are not the only ones interested in the legacy. After four months in Mexico Penelope and Valpry return to England, reunite with her husband and Tina, and resume their lives. Talk about awkward. I enjoyed this story about a pregnant woman handling a very awkward situation.