Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the author of a number of bestselling and critically acclaimed books, including The House of the Spirits, Of Love and Shadows, Eva Luna, Paula, and In the Midst of Winter. Her books have been translated into more than forty-two languages and have sold more than seventy-four million copies worldwide. She lives in California.
“Majestic . . . both timeless and perfectly timed for today . . .
Allende’s assured prose vividly evokes her fictional characters
[and] historical figures . . . seamlessly juxtaposing exile with
homecoming, otherness with belonging, and tyranny with
freedom.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A tale that is seductively intimate and strategically charming . .
. a virtuoso of lucidly well-told, utterly enrapturing fiction . .
. Allende deftly addresses war, displacement, violence, and loss in
a novel of survival and love under siege.”—Booklist (starred
review)
“A Long Petal of the Sea is a rich and transportive
novel, epic in scope, about finding love and finding
home.”—PopSugar
“An absorbing story.”—AARP
“An immersive read about love and survival.”—Real Simple
“Isabel Allende has time and again proven herself a master of
magical realism. Her latest novel . . . serves as a paean
to human love and endurance.”—Elle
“Allende fans have been waiting with bated breath for her latest
novel, and A Long Petal of the Sea doesn’t
disappoint.”—Marie Claire
“The wondrous Isabel Allende is back, doing what she does
best.”—Read It Forward
“In addition to being well-researched historical fiction, it
also parallels current issues.”—Book Riot
“Powerfully told, this is a soaring, inspirational tale.”—The
Orange County Register
“Allende . . . has deftly woven fact and fiction, history and
memory, to create one of the most richly imagined portrayals of the
Spanish Civil War to date, and one of the strongest and most
affecting works in her long career.” —The New York Times Book
Review
“Allende’s latest . . . marks a return to the time and setting of
the book that jump-started her literary career, The House of
the Spirits, but with far less supernatural elements and a more
expansive engagement of revolution, exile and the determination of
the human spirit. . . . A page-turning story rich with
history and surprising subplots that keep the novel unpredictable
to the end.” —Los Angeles Times
“Isabel Allende’s A Long Petal of the Sea gets to the heart of
immigrant struggle. . . . [It] begins, as it ends, with the heart.
. . . Victor and Roser’s story is compelling. . . . Allende’s prose
is both commanding and comforting. The author writes eloquently on
the struggle of letting go of one culture to embrace a new one and
shows that one’s origin story is not the whole story. . . . While
debate and policy surround the issues of refugees and immigration,
Allende reminds us that these issues, at their core, are made up of
individuals and their love stories.” —USA Today
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