sentences:  She receives her first clues about Antonieta's life from Juana, a Mexican librarian who frames the life of Antonieta Rivas Mercado within a stormy period of Mexico's history, the political turmoil of the 1910s-1920s.Antonieta's personal life was as dark and dramatic as that of her era.She was the daughter of a famous architect and as a child she posed for the golden angel atop the famous Column of Independence in Mexico City.