Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. She faced little in the way of personal obstacles, which is the essence of conflict in a character-driven story. More life happened. She currently resides in California with her husband. She watched a horrible tragedy as a child that gave her nightmares, but lived a life of luxury and intellectual indulgence. Yet nothing offers protection from the horrible nightmares that torment her. Still, it was an enjoyable book: Allende's character development and writing style are excellent as always, and I'm in the camp that loves to use fiction as a way to learn about the history of other countries, which this one certainly pr. We also follow Paulina's life in San Francisco as an established importer and entrepeneur, and meet her three sons and nephew some of who go on to become key protagonists. Beautifully written and, even at its most heartbreaking, a balm to the spirit. Portrait in Sepia, by Isabel Allende, (published by HarperCollins Publishers Inc. in 2001 in New York) was a distinctive novel filled with twists and turns of surprise. When and how does … She is one of my favorite authors. Within a year the Del Valles relocate from San Francisco to Santiago de Chile, creating a black hole of memories which Aurora carries for the rest of her life. For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now. It stands alone well, but if you’ve read House of the Spirits and Daughter of Fortune, both highly recommended, you’ll know some of the characters’ backgrounds better. Somehow it got shoved into a cupboard, life happened and Abi got something else that year. The protagonist, Aurora del Valle, suffers a brutal trauma that shapes her character and erases from her mind all recollections of the first five years of her life. Very much a book you read for the emotional depth to the characters and the great writing, not necessarily for the plot. This book is a sequel to Daughters of Fortune which I read a number of years ago and thoroughly enjoyed. In contrast, the narrator seems somewhat wet behind the ears. Portrait in Sepia Isabel Allende Review by Kelly Koepke. Allende opens her novel with a striking image: a large, ornate bed which Paulina del Valle orders to be paraded through the streets of San Francisco in an attempt to humiliate her husband and his mistress. If there is a mistake then. Portrait in Water Color & Sepia..Understated lines.. The most common sepia portrait material is paper. Sepia is the memoir of Aurora (Lai Ming) Del Valle, the granddaughter of both Paulina Del Valle and Eliza Sommers. Indeed. While we’re told we “can think of the Portrait in Sepia as a sequel”, it is a sequel for all intents and purposes. You’ll be glad you read it. Definitely worth reading this after Daughter of Fortune because even though it was written first, it's definitely a sequel. 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