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A woman's epic tale across a century.

"Violeta" is like stepping into a sweeping historical tapestry, woven by the masterful Isabel Allende. If you're someone who relishes diving into expansive sagas that span generations, exploring the depths of a character's life from youth to old age, this story will captivate you. It's for readers who find beauty in the resilience of the human spirit, set against the backdrop of historical events.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2022)
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Violeta

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ISBN: 9781526656919
Authors: Isabel Allende
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: World War II, Feminism
Goodreads rating: 4.03
(rated by 90568 readers)

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This sweeping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century. Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family of five boisterous sons. From the start, her life will be marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth. Through her father's prescience, the family will come through that crisis unscathed, only to face a new one as the Great Depression transforms the genteel city life she has known. Her family loses all and is forced to retreat to a wild and beautiful but remote part of the country. There, she will come of age, and her first suitor will come calling. She tells her story in the form of a letter to someone she loves above all others, recounting devastating heartbreak and passionate affairs, times of both poverty and wealth, terrible loss and immense joy. Her life will be shaped by some of the most important events of the fight for women's rights, the rise and fall of tyrants, and, ultimately, not one but two pandemics. Told through the eyes of a woman whose unforgettable passion,
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A woman's epic tale across a century.

"Violeta" is like stepping into a sweeping historical tapestry, woven by the masterful Isabel Allende. If you're someone who relishes diving into expansive sagas that span generations, exploring the depths of a character's life from youth to old age, this story will captivate you. It's for readers who find beauty in the resilience of the human spirit, set against the backdrop of historical events.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2022)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.