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In the Midst of Winter: A Novel
Written by Isabel Allende
Narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris, Jasmine Cephas Jones and Alma Cuervo
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About this audiobook
New York Times and worldwide bestselling author Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel that journeys from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil that offers “a timely message about immigration and the meaning of home” (People).
During the biggest Brooklyn snowstorm in living memory, Richard Bowmaster, a lonely university professor in his sixties, hits the car of Evelyn Ortega, a young undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, and what at first seems an inconvenience takes a more serious turn when Evelyn comes to his house, seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant, Lucia Maraz, a fellow academic from Chile, for her advice.
As these three lives intertwine, each will discover truths about how they have been shaped by the tragedies they witnessed, and Richard and Lucia will find unexpected, long overdue love. Allende returns here to themes that have propelled some of her finest work: political injustice, the art of survival, and the essential nature of—and our need for—love.
During the biggest Brooklyn snowstorm in living memory, Richard Bowmaster, a lonely university professor in his sixties, hits the car of Evelyn Ortega, a young undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, and what at first seems an inconvenience takes a more serious turn when Evelyn comes to his house, seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant, Lucia Maraz, a fellow academic from Chile, for her advice.
As these three lives intertwine, each will discover truths about how they have been shaped by the tragedies they witnessed, and Richard and Lucia will find unexpected, long overdue love. Allende returns here to themes that have propelled some of her finest work: political injustice, the art of survival, and the essential nature of—and our need for—love.
Author
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende is the author of twelve works of fiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Maya’s Notebook, Island Beneath the Sea, Inés of My Soul, Daughter of Fortune, and a novel that has become a world-renowned classic, The House of the Spirits. Born in Peru and raised in Chile, she lives in California.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thanks to the Calgary (Alberta) Public Library for featuring this novel for those, like myself, who learn our history inside the interpretation of lived lives. I've learned so much about Chilean/American history in the detailed accounts artfully wrapped in the perspective that life forever surprises brave risk-takers unwilling to curl up in the victim position.
A riveting, engaging historically-based novel that inspired me!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great story.
Liked the different voices in narration. Deep and touching. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The ending was beautiful. A bit if a plot twist. also depicts the true story of so many middle Americans
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Guatemala: Only the Toughest Survive! Easy to to become an Instagram sensation....
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Isabel Allende did it again; great writer. I was intrigued by all 3 protagonists.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Too many banal details . She had one good book and than lay in her on that book reputation
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5So many unexpected twists, beautiful read and incredibly romantic and surprising.