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  • A great story

    5
    By ash555
    I loved every second of this book. A story of love, growth, challenges, political exile

  • CalVal

    5
    By Cal Val
    As with all Allende books, this was slow to start, but really intriguing as you read along. Enjoy the journey…and the love!

  • Compassionate Storytelling

    4
    By ProfLW
    This is a life saga, a sometimes savage & often heart-rending narrative of the plight of the refugee, told through these Spanish characters’ very personal experiences. The novel is certainly relevant to today & the suffering of political refugees everywhere; from inside a private story we can feel compassion for all who are forced to flee their homelands. Allende is a lean & compact storyteller rather than a weaver of evocative scenes or exploratory poetic language, but she still arouses emotion.

  • Very Proustian ….very well told story.

    5
    By bigbri70
    Engaging read. ………

  • An excellent family saga

    5
    By Staruth
    Beautifully designed and written

  • Good beyond the last page

    5
    By sczmad
    This story that winds its way through hardship and love inspires my soul. I hope it inspires yours.

  • Not what expected

    1
    By Marite soto
    The novel is narrated mostly, not many dialogues and sometimes can be repetitive and slow. The writer emphasized the political conflict more than the characters lives. The love story didn’t capture my imagination as in other novels from the same writer. I’m not impressed and didn’t have a good feeling when finished as for example “The island beneath the sea” a masterpiece by Isabel Allende.

  • Interesting for the History

    3
    By DaveAppleVan
    This work was interesting for the review of historical events mostly forgotten by most. However the story bogged down and the approach of a third party narrative was not, to me, successful. In summary, good but not near great.

  • An engrossing read

    5
    By Fladaddy
    I always wondered if the author would write such a novel- se states it dictated itself. The stories pull you in and for me I couldn’t put it down for two days. I’m sure not everything she knows is in here and the similarities to government and dictatorships are striking in such a short historical time on two continents. Ms Allende speaks of a time when she had no knowledge of becoming a writer, we readers have gained so much because she has become a great one.

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