Portrait In Sepia / Druk 1

Enchanting... a jewel Chicago TribuneAfter her mother dies in childbirth, Aurora del Valle is raised by her grandmother in San Francisco, but despite growing up in this rich and privileged environment, Aurora is unhappy. Haunted by terrible nightmares and the inexplicable absence of many of her childhood memories, and finding herself alone at the end of a love affair, she decides to travel to Chile to discover what it was, exactly, all those years ago, that had such a devastating effect on her young life.Bringing together characters from The House of the Spirits and Daughter of Fortune, Portrait in Sepia confirms Isabel Allende as one of the finest and most entertaining novelists writing today.Bursting with colourful schemes and written with inspired elegance. A feast of a novel.' Sunday TelegraphPortrait in Sepia is about grand subjects – love, war, identity, betrayal. It is both an intimate examination of the inner lives of a woman and her family and a large canvas across which many people parade and on which momentous events are played out. Washington PostA family epic crammed with sensational events. Lively and entertaining, full of energy, optimism and joie de vivre.'Irish Timeswww.fireandwater.comISBN 0-00-714048-7Cover photograph Marcia Lieberman9780007140480