Emily's review
Daughter of Fortune
by Isabel Allende
Emily's review
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
Emily's review
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recommended for: those who like magic and strong women
I admit it: I'm an Isabel Allende lover. Not all her books have been the best I've ever read, but this book is up there. I really enjoy the multi-generational span of her novels and the magical realism that inevitably makes her characters more interesting than many writers'. This novel tells the story of the childhood and maturation of Eliza Sommers, an adopted multi-ethnic girl who grows up to fall in love with a revolutionary thinker, Joachin Andieta. When Andieta leaves her in Chile to find a new life in the territory of California, Eliza follows after him and her search for love ultimately turns into a discovery of herself. Along the way she meets a Chinese doctor who becomes her best friend and encourages her as she realizes her strengths and passions lie in places other than the secret attic bed she shared with Andieta in Chile.
Anyone who likes a great story where girls become women and outlandish but beleivable things happen should pick up this book (or any of Allende's ...more
Anyone who likes a great story where girls become women and outlandish but beleivable things happen should pick up this book (or any of Allende's ...more
