The Sum of Our Days - Brossura

Isabel Allende

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ISBN 10: 0061782327 ISBN 13: 9780061782329

Casa editrice: Harper Collins, New York, 2009

Riassunto

A Sequel to her beloved bestselling book, PAULA, Isabel Allende s passionate new memoir is the inspirational story of a remarkable woman-mother, step-mother, grandmother, wife and lover, fiercely loyal friend, and dedicated writer-and of the unusual extended family Allende creates after the tragic loss of her daughter Paula. On a rainy December day in 1992, Isabel Allende and her family go to the forest near their home in northern California to scatter Isabel s daughter Paula s ashes to the wind. Beginning with that scene, Allende s new memoir unfolds--for Paula, whose spirit still inhabits her, and for the reader--the intimate and heartfelt story of what happens to her family in the years that follow Paula s death.
THE SUM OF OUR DAYS shows readers how one of the world s most imaginative writers reconstructs her own life in the wake of tragic loss. Recounting the days--kept fresh for Isabel through a daily correspondence with her mother in Chile--Allende weaves an episodic narrative from the lives of the wildly eccentric, strong-minded, and eclectic tribe she gathers around her; a new idea of what constitutes a family emerges. She reveals the amazing stories behind her books, the superstitions that guide her writing process, and her adventurous travels. Most importantly, though, this book introduces us to the inner world of Isabel Allende: the importance of her marriage to Willie Gordon; the loves and infidelities, the dilemmas, disasters, and joys of her children and step-children, their various partners, and of the friends, gathered from afar, who have made themselves essential to her. All of these characters have one thing in common: they have touched Isabel s life, and so found their way into her heart, her tribe, and her writing.
Narrated with warmth, humor, exceptional candor and wisdom, THE SUM OF OUR DAYS is a portrait of a contemporary family, tied together by the love, strong will, and stubborn determination of a beloved matriarch, the indomitable Isabel Allende.

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Recensione:

THE SUM OF OUR DAYS is terrific. It s funny, insightful, moving and filled with Allende s unique voice. Her confiding tone invites readers into her mind, her heart, her family, her past...A satisfying heart-to-heart with a wise friend. (Deirdre Donahue, USA Today)

At the end of this funny, tender book you may find yourself wanting your own invitation to sit and laugh and scream at the author s table. Allende s writing is the main feast...No matter how often relatives stumble or screw up, Allende lovingly takes them, and her reader, into her embrace. (Entertainment Weekly)

A deeply revealing memoir . . . Allende s insight is keen, her prose polished and her language hypnotic . . . This is a book to savor. (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

L'autore:

Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the author of eight novels, most recently the New York Times bestselling INES OF MY SOUL. She has also written a collection of stories, four memoirs, and a trilogy of children s novels. Her books have been translated into more than twenty-seven languages and have become bestsellers across four continents. In 2004 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Isabel Allende lives in California.

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• Editore: Harper Collins, New York
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061782327
• ISBN 13: 9780061782329
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336