ISABEL ALLENDE – MY NAME IS EMILIA DEL VALLE

Join critically acclaimed, New York Times-bestselling superstar Isabel Allende (A Long Petal of the Sea, The House of the Spirits) for a discussion of My Name is Emilia del Valle, a riveting tale of love, war and self-discovery.  

In San Francisco in 1866, an Irish nun, abandoned following a torrid relationship with a Chilean aristocrat, gives birth to Emilia del Valle. Raised by a loving stepfather, Emilia grows into an independent thinker and a self-sufficient young woman. Her passion for writing begins with publishing pulp fiction under a man’s pen name. When these fictional worlds no longer satisfy her sense of adventure, she goes to Chile to cover a brewing civil war, where she meets her estranged father. As the war escalates, Emilia finds herself in extreme danger, fearing for her life and questioning her identity and her destiny.  

Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the author of more than twenty-five bestselling and critically acclaimed books, including The Wind Knows My Name, Violeta, A Long Petal of the Sea, The House of the Spirits, Of Love and Shadows, Eva Luna, and Paula. Her books have been translated into more than forty-two languages and have sold more than eighty million copies worldwide, making Allende one of the most widely read authors in the world. In addition to her work as a writer, Allende devotes much of her time to human rights causes. She has received fifteen honorary doctorates, has been inducted into the California Hall of Fame, and received the PEN Center USA’s Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, and in 2018, she received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation. Allende lives in California with her husband and dogs.

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