The author explores the landscapes and people of her native country; recounts the 1973 assassination of her uncle, which caused her to go into exile; and shares her experiences as an immigrant in post-September 11 America.

"In the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident--which becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. Richard Bowmaster--a 60-year-old human rights scholar--hits the car of Evelyn Ortega--a young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala--in the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen and...

A work combining personal narrative and erotic lore offers recipes, poems, stories, paintings, and anecdotes focusing on the sensuality of food.

During the Spanish Civil War, a young doctor and his pianist companion go into exile in Chile, where they're received as heroes, but find themselves uprooted again after the coup d'?tat that overthrew Salvador Allende.

"Ésta es la historia de una mujer y de un hombre que se amaron en plenitud, salvándose así de una existencia vulgar. Segunda novela de Isabel Allende, De amor y de sombra es un agudo testimonio de las dramáticas situaciones que se viven en ciertas regiones de América Latina, al tiempo que un canto de amor y de esperanza. Un conmovedor testimonio en el cual la autora no pretende denunciar lo ya sabido, sino mediante un exquisito arte de novelista...

"En [esta libro], la gran autora chilena nos invita a acompañarla en este viaje personal y emocional donde repasa su vínculo con el feminismo desde la infancia hasta hoy." -- jacket. The author describes her lifelong commitment to feminism in a meditation on what it means to be a woman, discussing progress within the movement in her lifetime, what remains to be done, and how to move forward in the future. "Isabel Allende bucea en su memoria y...