Daughter of Fortune: A Novel
 

Daughter of Fortune: A Novel

by Isabel Allende

Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 2000: Until Isabel Allende burst onto the scene with her 1985 debut, The House of the Spirits, Latin American fiction was, for the most part, a boys' club comprising such heavy hitters as Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges, and Mario Vargas Llosa. But the Chilean Allende shouldered her way in with her magical realist multi-generational tale of the... (read more)

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StorybookBelle82
  • Rated 5 stars

This was the first novel I read about the gold rush in California and I was absolutely floored with the brilliance of the imagery. Allende really made the whole scene come to life. Like in Forever Amber, the main character is an incredibly strong woman. She leaves Chile to follow her lover when she discovers she's pregnant and what follows is an amazing adventure like I've never before read. This isn't your typical Historical Romance. I agree with some, that the ending could have been...

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  • Sonja P

    sonja p said:

    I liked this book well enough (not as much as Allende's Zorro), but I was a little disappointed in the ending. I've been told there are other books using the same characters that fill in more details ... but, that doesn't fix it for me. I felt like the end was wrapped up too hastily. It felt like I was reading the cheesy ending to a movie instead of getting all the good details from a book. Maybe I'll change my mind if I ever get time to read one of the companion books.

    In all, I was a bit disappointed since I really loved Allende's Zorro. (As in: if you've never picked up Allende, Zorro is the better way to go.)

    posted Friday, April 25 2008
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet said:

    umm, in case somebody couldnt figure it out that is a typo, it should read "cant stand steinbeck"

    posted Friday, April 18 2008
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet said:

    not anybody's best work, couldnt even finish it, dont care how it ends

    posted Sunday, November 4 2007 ( | view 2 replies )
  • quinnmorgan

    quinnmorgan said:

    a wonderful novel, always wondered if they could make a film of it, but its sad and uplifting and joy to read

    posted Sunday, October 7 2007
  • maggiejessup

    maggiejessup said:

    I read this a few years ago. A good summer read.

    posted Friday, July 13 2007
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