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Isabel Allende always writes vivid stories with well developed characters. Violeta was the only daughter in a wealthy South American family. Her father risked their finances once too often and lost everything, yet the family members continue to strive and thrive. This woman, ahead of her times in many respects, is now recounting her entire 100 years in letter form to her grandson, and what an interesting life it was.
It seemed to drift into more of a political drama than a family saga toward the ...more
It seemed to drift into more of a political drama than a family saga toward the ...more
The narrator is a 100 year old woman who is recording her life story for her grandson. This is both a fictional memoir and the history of an unnamed Latin American country which closely resembles Chili. For the most part, the writing had an intimacy that drew me in. There were also times when the narrator told her grandson things about his own adult experiences or motivations that seemed designed to educate the reader rather than being a natural part of this correspondence. 3.5 stars
This is the story of Violeta, her life framed between the Spanish flu pandemic of 1920 and the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020. The story is written as a letter to a loved one.
Isabel Allende is such a master storyteller! Her writing is precise, blunt, funny at times and always touching. Through her lines she intertwines the coming of age story of Violeta, her family, her personal relationships and their interesting dynamics, with the sociopolitical situation in Chile during those 100 years. She do ...more
Isabel Allende is such a master storyteller! Her writing is precise, blunt, funny at times and always touching. Through her lines she intertwines the coming of age story of Violeta, her family, her personal relationships and their interesting dynamics, with the sociopolitical situation in Chile during those 100 years. She do ...more
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