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Paula: A Memoir (P.S.)
Isabel Allende
Harper Perennial, 2008
Devastatingly Beautiful
When Isabel Allende's daughter suffered a calamatous illness, Allende did what came naturally. She wrote a story. On its most basic level, this book is about a mother who is losing her child. She goes through the stages of grieving, sometimes even arguing with ...
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The Sum of Our Days: A Memoir
Isabel Allende
Harper, 2008
Just what a memoir should be
"It's hard for me to let go of people," Isabel Allende said of her deceased daughter Paula. "[She] is unreachable; only in my love for her are we in contact. She comes in signs." Pretty intense, right? Well, buckle up my friends. If you delve into THE SUM OF OUR DAYS, ...
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Daughter of Fortune: A Novel (P.S.)
Isabel Allende
Harper Perennial, 2006
Absorbing
A great plot with well-developed characters,educational and rich in historical and social detail. After reading of the wars between the US and Mexico with the acquisition of California in 1850, the opium wars between China and Great Britain around 1839, and the French ...
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Eva Luna
Isabel Allende
Bantam, 1989
Allende Rocks
I love Allende's characters and her writing. Zorro was my first read of hers and I have purchased everything. I get very involved in the story and characters. Her trilogy for kids is in my library and is checked out all of the time. Good writing is good writing.
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The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende
Bantam, 1986
men can read this too
At first, I never wanted to pick this up. It had its deterrents: the cover with its colorful depiction of strong-willed women, the concise summarization on the opposite side of the cover, making it seem like a sweeping love affair, something Fabio might pose for, and ...
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City of the Beasts
Isabel Allende
Rayo, 2004
City of The Beasts
City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende in my opinion was a pretty good book. Even though there are some slow parts, most of the book is full of action and adventure. I like this book because you can't predict what will happen and it makes you want to keep reading. I ...
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Ines of My Soul: A Novel
Isabel Allende
Harper Perennial, 2007
Superb book
This is a historical novel, very well researched and wonderful. Typical of Isabel Allende style, it transports you to a long gone time, full of of truthful Latin-American flavour.
Five stars!
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La Suma de los Dias
Isabel Allende
Rayo, 2007
Allende
I have read every single book written by Isabel Allende who is one of my favorite authors. This new book is wonderful, as usual.
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Ines del Alma Mia: Novela
Isabel Allende
Rayo, 2007
A trip to the past
This book is not only entretaining. The novelist took her time to do research to portrait accurately historical facts. Her account of the lives of Pedro de Valdivia and Inés Suárez take you to a trip to the past. You will feel like you are witnessing how the Spaniards ...
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The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2005
A book you will read over and over again...
This was the first Isabel Allende book I ever read. I first read it as a young girl, and since that time I have read it over again countless times. What amazes me most is that it still has the ability to transport me to another place another time. The language is ...
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My Invented Country: A Memoir
Isabel Allende
Harper Perennial, 2004
'A Slow Dance in a Large Circle'
Isabel Allende is a captivating writer, one who can spin tales of intrigue and magical mystery as well as any of our Latin American writers. Though this version of MY INVENTED COUNTRY is the paperback edition of the hardcover MY INVENTED COUNTRY: A Nostalgic Journey ...
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Machu Picchu
Barry Brukoff, Pablo Neruda
Bulfinch, 2001
A Moving Spiritual Connection to the Incas
Whether or not you ever visit, or think you might want to visit Machu Picchu, I highly recommend this gorgeous book to you. The combination of its poetry, photography, and design wonderfully connect us to a distant and mysterious culture which we understand little ...
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Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses
Isabel Allende
Harper Perennial, 1999
This memoir hits the spot !
I have read this book in installments. Why? Because I knew my mother would have a fit if she knew I had read it. Lusty, juicy, it's wonderful education for a curious virgin like me. (I swear on the Bible I'm a virgin.)
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El Reino del Dragon de Oro
Isabel Allende
Rayo, 2004
An extremely good story for the hole family!!!!!
I already finished City of the Beast and had to get this one!This book is awesome!! I love the adventures of Kate Cold, his grandson Alexander, the International Geography photographers and all the characters like; Nadia, Boroba (the monkey), and in this particular ...
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Cuentos de Eva Luna
Isabel Allende
Rayo, 1995
She Writes With Magic Ink
What a collection of characters! An illiterate woman who sells words. A man obsessed with a little girl. A woman whose marriage was based on letters written by the wrong man. A woman who spends her life waiting for revenge. A rich man who keeps a girl prisoner. Rascals ...
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