Portrait sépia

**_"Portrait in Sepia_ is the best book Allende has published in the United

States since her first novel of nearly two decades ago, _The House of the

Spirits_.”

—Jonathan Yardley, _Washington Post Book World_ **

**“ _Portrait in Sepia_ tightens the weave of a multigenerational fantasy as

complete and inspiring as the real world it parallels … Allende’s enchanting

historical universe keeps expanding and _Portrait in Sepia_ is a new galactic

jewel.”

— _Chicago Tribune_**

**A sequel to _Daughter of Fortune, New York Times_ bestselling author, Isabel

Allende, continues her magic with this spellbinding family saga set against

war and economic hardship.**

Aurora del Valle suffers a brutal trauma that erases from her mind all

recollection of the first five years of her life. Raised by her ambitious

grandmother, the regal and commanding Paulina del Valle, she grows up in a

privileged environment, free of the limitations that circumscribe the lives of

women at that time, but tormented by horrible nightmares. When she is forced

to recognize her betrayal at the hands of the man she loves, and to cope with

the resulting solitude, she decides to explore the mystery of her past.

_Portrait in Sepia_ is an extraordinary achievement: richly detailed, epic in

scope, intimate in its probing of human character, and thrilling in the way it

illuminates the complexity of family ties.