Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Violeta

Violeta
by Isabel Allende
Ballantine Books, 2022. 322 pages.
Fiction

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.

Allende is a master at weaving a compelling tale. The story of this book spans 100 years, but the reader never feels lost in the sweeping narrative. I appreciated that the character of Violeta is flawed and feels like a real woman with real needs.

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