Portrait in Sepia

2014-03-25 Fiction

Author : Isabel Allende
Release : 2014-03-25
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 43X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Portrait in Sepia written by Isabel Allende. This book was released on 2014-03-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sequel to Daughter of Fortune, New York Times bestselling author, Isabel Allende, continues her magic with this spellbinding family saga set against war and economic hardship. Aurora del Valle suffers a brutal trauma that erases from her mind all recollection of the first five years of her life. Raised by her ambitious grandmother, the regal and commanding Paulina del Valle, she grows up in a privileged environment, free of the limitations that circumscribe the lives of women at that time, but tormented by horrible nightmares. When she is forced to recognize her betrayal at the hands of the man she loves, and to cope with the resulting solitude, she decides to explore the mystery of her past. Portrait in Sepia is an extraordinary achievement: richly detailed, epic in scope, intimate in its probing of human character, and thrilling in the way it illuminates the complexity of family ties.

Portrait in Sepia

2002 Chile

Author : Isabel Allende
Release : 2002
Genre : Chile
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 019/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Portrait in Sepia written by Isabel Allende. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Portrait in Sepia' is both a historical novel set at the end of the 19th century in Chile and a family saga peopled by characters from Daughter of Fortune and The House of the Spirits, two of Allende's most celebrated novels.

Island Beneath the Sea

2020-06-30 Fiction

Author : Isabel Allende
Release : 2020-06-30
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 643/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Island Beneath the Sea written by Isabel Allende. This book was released on 2020-06-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea tells the story of one unforgettable woman—a slave and concubine determined to take control of her own destiny—in this sweeping historical novel that moves from the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century “Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers.”—Los Angeles Times The daughter of an African mother she never knew and a white sailor, Zarité—known as Tété—was born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue. Growing up amid brutality and fear, Tété found solace in the traditional rhythms of African drums and the mysteries of voodoo. Her life changes when twenty-year-old Toulouse Valmorain arrives on the island in 1770 to run his father’s plantation, Saint Lazare. Overwhelmed by the challenges of his responsibilities and trapped in a painful marriage, Valmorain turns to his teenaged slave Tété, who becomes his most important confidant. The indelible bond they share will connect them across four tumultuous decades and ultimately define their lives.

Daughter of Fortune

2020-06-30 Fiction

Author : Isabel Allende
Release : 2020-06-30
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 635/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Daughter of Fortune written by Isabel Allende. This book was released on 2020-06-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, Isabelle Allende, comes a passionate tale of one young woman's quest to save her lover set against the chaos of the 1849 California Gold Rush. Orphaned at birth, Eliza Sommers is raised in the British colony of Valparaíso, Chile, by the well-intentioned Victorian spinster Miss Rose and her more rigid brother Jeremy. Just as she meets and falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquín Andieta, a lowly clerk who works for Jeremy, gold is discovered in the hills of northern California. By 1849, Chileans of every stripe have fallen prey to feverish dreams of wealth. Joaquín takes off for San Francisco to seek his fortune, and Eliza, pregnant with his child, decides to follow him. As Eliza embarks on her perilous journey north in the hold of a ship and arrives in the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco, she must navigate a society dominated by greedy men. But Eliza soon catches on with the help of her natural spirit and a good friend, the Chinese doctor Tao Chi’en. What began as a search for love ends up as the conquest of personal freedom. A marvel of storytelling, Daughter of Fortune confirms once again Isabel Allende's extraordinary gift for fiction and her place as one of the world's leading writers.

Sepia Dreams

2001-11-13 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Dionne Bennett
Release : 2001-11-13
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 175/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Sepia Dreams written by Dionne Bennett. This book was released on 2001-11-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of wise words and beautiful images depicting 50 black celebrities from the worlds of entertainment, art, sports, and more. Color photos.

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