Madrid (EFE) of “Ana, Ana”, a multitude of television cameras, squeezing and elbowing.
On the last day of the fair that is held in the Parque del Retiro, Ana Obregón has arrived after noon at the space set up for the signatures that are expected to be more crowded, at the end of the walk in which the booths of bookstores and publishers follow one another. .
The sun and the heat that stars this Sunday in Madrid, and after having experienced many rainy days at the Book Fair, has brought together a multitude of people queuing to obtain a signature from their favorite writer or writer.
But the one that has focused the maximum attention of the press and the public has been that of Ana Obregón (Madrid, 1955) with copies of her work “El chico de las musarañas”, in which she recounts the process of the illness of her deceased son , 27 years old, in May 2020 as a result of cancer, and after the debate that sparked the birth, through surrogacy, of what is her granddaughter.
Crowd of people waiting for the actress
Between television cameras, photographers and a multitude of people taking pictures with their mobiles, the actress has taken a seat to prepare to start the signatures, while the people applauded.
And he only wanted to make a statement to the media to ask that the cameras let people get closer to sign his book and remember that the benefits obtained from the copyright of this work will be donated for cancer research : “And that saves lives”, he said.
Although he has also assured that the reception and influx of public that was to acquire his book was not expected.
A book that Aless Lequio started and that she finished
A book published on April 19 that Aless Lequio began to write and that she finished and in which she assures that she told him that she wanted to have children even if she died, in addition to telling in detail the painful process experienced by the family since their son he was diagnosed with cancer.
The publication came after some images of Ana Obregón, 68, leaving a Miami hospital with a baby in her arms, were published at the end of March, which gave way to a great political, social and ethical debate because pregnancy is not legal in Spain and at the age of the actress, who was thought to be the mother.
Days later, the actress stated that the girl belongs to her deceased son, Alejandro Lequio García, and therefore she is not the mother of the newborn, named Ana Sandra Lequio Obregón, but her grandmother.
“I want to congratulate you,” one of the first people who was in line waiting, a woman named Esperanza, told EFE who had obtained one of the 150 numbers distributed by the organization to guarantee that her book was going to be signed. by the actress.
Although there were many more in the long line that started from there and dozens that continually crowded to take a photo of the moment. “As if she were the queen of Spain!”, Commented a woman surprised by the expectation.