EAN: 9780593499078

ISABEL ALLENDE - GEBRAUCHT VIOLETA [ENGLISH EDI...

This sweeping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells
the epic story of Violeta Del Valle  a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears
witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century. ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS
OF 2022-Oprah Daily  The Washington Post  Business Insider  Marie Claire  Bustle  Ms. magazine
PopSugar  The Week  Electric Lit  The Millions  She Reads  Lit Hub  Book Riot Violeta comes
into the world on a stormy day in 1920  the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons.
From the start  her life is marked by extraordinary events  for the ripples of the Great War
are still being felt  even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American
homeland almost at the moment of her birth. Through her father's prescience  the family will
come through that crisis unscathed  only to face a new one as the Great Depression transforms
the genteel city life she has known. Her family loses everything and is forced to retreat to a
wild and beautiful but remote part of the country. There  she will come of age  and her first
suitor will come calling. She tells her story in the form of a letter to someone she loves
above all others  recounting times of devastating heartbreak and passionate affairs  poverty
and wealth  terrible loss and immense joy. Her life is shaped by some of the most important
events of history: the fight for women's rights  the rise and fall of tyrants  and ultimately
not one  but two pandemics. Through the eyes of a woman whose unforgettable passion 
determination  and sense of humor carry her through a lifetime of upheaval  Isabel Allende once
more brings us an epic that is both fiercely inspiring and deeply emotional.

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