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Chilean-American author Isabel Allende’s latest book My Name is Emilia Del Valle, set during the 1891 Chilean civil war, is the story of a young woman’s search for her identity. The novel has the ...

“The Sum of Our Days” (Harper Collins. 320 pages. $26.95), by Isabel Allende: Isabel Allende’s central characters are often defiant women who expect no favors from life. They are not damsels in ...

Book Passage: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera; 415-927-0960; bookpassage.com. Jan. 24: Shannon Dittemore discusses “Rebel, Brave and Brutal” with Jessica S ...

Isabel Allende doesn’t take anything for granted. The celebrated author grew up moving from place to place as the child of a diplomat; as an adult, she was forced out of her native Chile by political ...

Award-winning author Isabel Allende was forced into exile after her uncle, former Chilean President Salvador Allende, was overthrown in a coup. Her new historical novel “A Long Petal of the Sea” tells ...

Acclaimed author Isabel Allende became the first Spanish-language writer to receive an honorary National Book Award medal. Allende is the author of “The House of the Spirits” and many other ...

Just a few days before the year 2015 ended, Isabel Allende, the Chilean author renowned for writing international bestsellers including ‘The House of Spirits,’ lived one of the longest winters of her ...

When Isabel Allende starts a new book, she always begins writing on Jan. 8. She's superstitious that way, because it's an important literary anniversary. On that day in 1981, she wrote a letter to her ...

If anyone knows what it takes to capture readers’ attention, it is Isabel Allende. The 80-year-old writer has filled more than two dozen books with passionate and courageous characters, selling more ...

“The Sum of Our Days” (Harper Collins. 320 pages. $26.95), by Isabel Allende: Isabel Allende’s central characters are often defiant women who expect no favors from life. They are not damsels in ...