Portrait in Sepia

Portrait in Sepia

By Isabel Allende

Pages

304

Rating

4.01

Year

2000

RomanceMagical RealismFictionHistorical FictionHistoricalLatin American

Description

Aurora del Valle suffers a brutal trauma that erases from her mind all recollection of the first five years of her life. Raised by her ambitious grandmother, the regal and commanding Paulina del Valle, she grows up in a privileged environment, free of the limitations that circumscribe the lives of women at that time, but tormented by horrible nightmares. When she is forced to recognize the betrayal by the man she loves and to cope with the resulting solitude, she decides to explore the mystery of her past.

Portrait in Sepia is an extraordinary achievement: richly detailed, epic in scope, intimate in its probing of human character, and thrilling in the way it illuminates the complexity of family ties.

A sequel to Daughter of Fortune. Isabel Allende continues her magic with this spellbinding family saga set against war and economic hardship.

Endorsements

New York Times bestselling author — Isabel Allende

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