Daughter of Fortune

by Isabel Allende

Paperback, 432 pages

English language

Published May 2, 2006 by Harper Perennial.

ISBN:: 978-0-06-112025-1

An orphan raised in Valparaiso, Chile, by a Victorian spinster and her rigid brother, vivacious young Eliza Sommers follows her lover to California during the Gold Rush of 1849. Entering a rough-and-tumble world of new arrivals driven mad by gold fever, Eliza moves in a society of single men and prostitutes with the help of her good friend and savior, the Chinese doctor Tao Chi'en. California opens the door to a new life of freedom and independence to the young Chilean, and her search for her elusive lover gradually turns into another kind of journey. By the time she finally hears news of him, Eliza must decide who her true love really is.

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Oier Gorosabel Larrañaga reviewed Hija de la Fortuna by Isabel Allende

Txiletik Kaliforniara

4 stars

Amaiera abrupto irekixa etxatak asko gustau: irakorle konbentzional xamarra naizen aldetik, garatutako harixak eta pertsonajiak zetan amaitzen dirazen jakitteko gogoz geratu nauk. Halan be, ordura arte liburua asko gustau jatak, erregular! Metropolixetatik independizau barriko hainbeste herrialde (Txile, Mexiko eta AEB), eta euren arteko tirabiretan, familia eta lagun batzuen nundik norakuak jarraitzen doguz. Neuretako interesantiena, Txileko izaera "estiraua", eta Kalifornia inguruko kaosa, AEBetako Sezesiño gerra aurretiko giruan.