From the best-selling author of The Secret in Their Eyes, an adventure about friendship, soccer, and good humor When Alejandro Mono dies of cancer, his brother and two closest friends, a tight-knit group since childhood, are left to figure out how to take care of his young daughter, Guadalupe. They want to give her all the love they felt for Mono and secure her future, but there isnt a single peso left in the bank. Mono invested all of his money in a promising soccer player whose promise hasnt panned out, and the three hundred thousand dollars Mono spent on his transfer is soon to be lost for good. How do you sell a forward who cant score a goal? How do you negotiate in a world whose rules you dont know? How do you maintain relationships when repeated failures create fissures in lifelong loyalties? Fernando, Mauricio, and Ruso pool the few resources in their arsenal to come up with strategiesfrom harebrained to inspiredin their desperate attempt to recoup Monos investment for Guadalupe. Following the lives of four distinct characters, who, despite their great differences, still manage to find solace and pride in one another, Papers in the Wind is a tribute to friendship and proof that love and humor can triumph over sadness.