House of the Spirits – Fake Flamenco

Catalunya, Chile, history, Immigration, Spanish Culture and Language

Review: Allende’s Long Petal of the Sea

My dear husband gave me books as presents for my birthday this spring. One was Isabel Allende’s Largo pétalo de mar (2019) Long Petal of the Sea. I enjoyed the story Allende weaves of a Catalan family from northern Spain who flee their country when Franco’s forces win the Spanish Civil War. They are stranded […]

Chile, Latinas, Life as a Woman, Spanish Culture and Language

5 Great Reads by Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende’s published 23 and sold a total of 74 million books. She writes in her first language, Spanish, and translates the books into English when they are finished. Allende was born in Peru to Chilean parents. Her parents separated, and she and her mother moved to Chile. After high school, she worked as a […]