Isabel Allende

In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest of the world goes to war, she encounters Ichimei Fukuda, the quiet and gentle son of the family's Japanese gardener. Unnoticed by those around them, a tender love affair begins to blossom. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly...

A fact-based novel that recounts the life of national heroine Inés Suarez, a daring Spanish conquistadora who toiled to build the nation of Chile.Born into a poor family in Spain, Ines finds herself condemned to a life of hard work without reward or hope for the future. It is the sixteenth century, the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the Americas. When her husband disappears to the New World, Ines uses the opportunity to search for him. She...