Paula
by Isabel Allende | Biographies & Memoirs | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0060927216 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0060927216 Global Overview for this book
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A soul-baring memoir that, like a novel of suspense, one reads without drawing a breath, Paula grew out of a tragic personal experience. In December 1991, Isabel Allende's daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and shortly thereafter fell into a coma. During the months spent by her side in the hospital, Allende wrote the story of their family for her unconscious daughter. The glorious characters of Allende's fictions - clairvoyants, revolutionaries, and, most poignant, the questing woman who lives through storytelling - inhabit this powerful autobiography, perhaps Isabel Allende's finest work.
August 2018: A journey through the eventfull life of Isabel Allende, combined with the care of her ill daughter. A touching story but wonderfully told, in a beautiful way.
A soul-baring memoir that, like a novel of suspense, one reads without drawing a breath, Paula grew out of a tragic personal experience. In December 1991, Isabel Allende's daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and shortly thereafter fell into a coma. During the months spent by her side in the hospital, Allende wrote the story of their family for her unconscious daughter. The glorious characters of Allende's fictions - clairvoyants, revolutionaries, and, most poignant, the questing woman who lives through storytelling - inhabit this powerful autobiography, perhaps Isabel Allende's finest work.
August 2018: A journey through the eventfull life of Isabel Allende, combined with the care of her ill daughter. A touching story but wonderfully told, in a beautiful way.
Sent to a bookmoocher in Portugal, via Bookmooch. Enjoy! :-)
Thanks, this one is for my mother as she asked for me to find her another book by Isabel Allende. Hope she enjoys it!
