Alma Cruz, a celebrated writer, fears ending up like her friend—a novelist whose obsession with finishing a book cost her sanity. When Alma inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, she decides to bury her untold stories—literally.
In her homeland, Alma creates a cemetery for abandoned manuscripts and the characters she couldn’t bring to life. But Alma’s unfinished creations have other ideas. They refuse to rest, talking back to their author and rewriting themselves.
With the help of Filomena, the graveyard’s compassionate groundskeeper, Alma navigates the secret lives of her characters, including Bienvenida, dictator Rafael Trujillo’s forgotten wife, and Manuel Cruz, a doctor-turned-rebel. The Cemetery of Untold Stories is a magical, poignant tale about memory, history, and the stories that refuse to be silenced.
