![]() ![]() In the telling, bizarre ancestors appear before our eyes we hear both delightful and bitter childhood memories, amazing anecdotes of youthful years, the most intimate secrets passed along in whispers. During months in the hospital, the author began to write the story of her family for her unconscious daughter. ![]() In December 1991,Isabel Allende's daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and shortly thereafter fell into a coma. The point of departure for these moving pages is a tragic personal experience. Paula is a soul-baring memoir, which, like a novel of suspense, one reads without drawing a breath. With Paula, Allende has written a new tour de force, a powerful autobiography whose straightforward acceptance of the magicaI and spiritual worlds will remind readers of her first book, The House of the Spirits. One of the most highly praised and widely read writers of fiction to come out of Latin America in this century, Isabel Allende has mesmerized readers throughout the world with her own blend of magicaI realism. ![]()
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