This novel is infused, like life, with the pull of memory, family and tragic love. The Gonzalbos are going through a difficult time: Leonor Gonzalbo is trying to unravel the mystery of her Aunt Mariana’s death and the memory of a lost love between Lucas Carrasco and Mariana Gonzalbo. In The Moon’s Mistake Aguilar Camín offers atonement for feelings of love and guilt, freedom, luck, destiny and happiness with a cast of characters portrayed masterfully by a crisp writing style and intense allegorical resonances.