Paula is a powerful and inspiring story of courage and determination, and it is an excellent introduction to the life and work of Nobel Prize-winning author Isabel Allende.
It awards grants to nonprofits mostly in Chile and California. Isabel Allende founded The Isabel Allende Foundation in 1996 in Paula’s honor. Paula gradually comes to understand the tumultuous political and social changes that are taking place in her home country, and she is ultimately able to fight for her rights and freedom. Another deeply personal book, this is a tribute to Allende’s daughter, Paula Frias Allende, who died in a coma from porphyria in 1992 at age 29. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Paula. When it was clear that Paula would never improve, the author moved. HarperCollins Publishers, 24 (330pp) ISBN 978-0-06-017253-4. Complete summary of Isabel Allende's Paula. Paula is drawn to the beauty of the countryside and the graciousness of her aunt, but she is also troubled by the repressive atmosphere in Spain and the constant fear of being sent back to Chile. After six months in Madrid, Isabel Allende moved her daughter to a clinic in California. A most attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition with lightly bumped front lower corner and remainder mark to bottom edge in alike dust-jacket with minor edgewear When Paula, a young Chilean woman, is sent to live with her aunt in Spain in the late 1950s, she is unaware of the tumultuous political and social changes that are taking place in her home country. Paula, published in Spanish in 1994 and English in 1995, is the first nonfiction book by Isabel Allende, one of todays most influential Latin-American.
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