<p>In this heartfelt memoir, Isabel Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of tragic lossâEuro"the death of her daughter, Paula. Recalling the past thirteen years from the daily letters the author and her mother, who lives in Chile, wrote to each other, Allende bares her soul in a book that is as exuberant and full of life as its creator. She recounts the stories of the wildly eccentric, strong-minded, and eclectic tribe she gathers around her that becomes a new kind of family.</p><p>Throughout, Allende shares her thoughts on love, marriage, motherhood, spirituality and religion, infidelity, addiction, and memory. Here, too, are the amazing stories behind AllendeâEuros books, the superstitions that guide her writing process, and her adventurous travels. Ultimately, <em>The Sum of Our Days</em> offers a unique tour of this gifted writerâEuros inner world and of the relationships that have become essential to her life and her work.</p><p>Narrated with warmth, humor, exceptional candor, and wisdom, <em>The Sum of Our Days</em> is a portrait of a contemporary family, bound together by the love, fierce loyalty, and stubborn determination of a beloved, indomitable matriarch.</p>
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2014
Verlag:
HarperCollins
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ISBN:
9780062254467
Beschreibung:
336 S.
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Sprache:
Englisch
Mediengruppe:
Digitale Medien