Yo vengo de una familia en la que cada miembro da aba de alg n modo a los dem s. Luego, arrepentidos, cada uno se da aba a s mismo. Un hombre es humillado por su patr n; su hijo quisiera humillarlo m s. El hijo del Presidente se rebela contra su padre, pero depende de su protecci n. Una mujer, por amor, sufre el sadismo de su marido. Un comandante debe escoger cu l de sus dos hijos morir . Un cura esconde a su hija en una aldea. Todas las familias felices es la polifon a narrativa de los ramales conflictivos del M xico contempor neo y, por extensi n, del mundo. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A rancher wants his four sons to become priests -they think differently. A mother relinquishes her career as a singer and wonders if it was worth it. Her daughter has given up on the world and lives through reality TV shows. A woman suffers her husband's sadism and remembers how their love began. The different stories in this novel are punctuated by choruses, some humorous, most of them tragic, which lend their voice to the voiceless: young beggars, raped daughters, orphans, dealers, and hard core gangs among others--it is the narrative polyphony of the conflicts of emporary Mexico and the world.