The Woman Who Had Two Navels
What is a short summary of the story, Guardia de Honor, from the collection, The Woman Who Had Two Navels?
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Guardia de Honor is a somewhat surreal story that operates on a fractured timeline, as two young girls who actually live decades apart prepare to march in the Guardia de Honor parade for the Virgin Mary. They are both delivered terrible premonitions for the future, involving accidents and death, deceit and theft, and are forced to grapple with their convictions in either free will or fate. While the girl who embraced her free will has a happier ending than the other paralyzed by the knowledge of her fate, it is ultimately ambiguous as to how much control either of them truly had.
Guardia de Honor