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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Paula by Isabel Allende
Newly Reissued
New York Times Bestselling AuthorBeautiful and heartrending. . . . Memoir autobiography epicedium perhaps even some fiction: they are all here and they are all quite wonderful. Los Angeles Times
When Isabel Allendes daughter Paula became gravely ill and fell into a coma the author began to write the story of her family for her unconscious child. In the telling bizarre ancestors appear before our eyes; we hear both delightful and bitter childhood memories amazing anecdotes of youthful years the most intimate secrets passed along in whispers. With Paula Allende has written a powerful autobiography whose straightforward acceptance of the magical and spiritual worlds will remind readers of her first book The House of the Spirits.