Daughter of Fortune
By Isabel Allende
(Harper Perennial, Paperback, 9780061120251, 432pp.)
Publication Date: April 13, 2006
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback (May 22, 2008), Prebound (May 2006), Compact Disc (April 21, 2005), Mass Market Paperback (October 4, 2001), Paperback (August 18, 2000), Audio Cassette (November 1999), Hardcover (October 1999), Audio Cassette (October 1999)
Categories: Historical - General, Literary
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An orphan raised in Valparaíso, Chile, by a Victorian spinster and her rigid brother, young, vivacious Eliza Sommers follows her lover to California during the Gold Rush of 1849. She enters a rough-and-tumble world whose newly arrived inhabitants are driven mad by gold fever. With the help of her good friend and savior, the Chinese doctor Tao Chi'en, Eliza moves freely in a society of single men and prostitutes, creating an unconventional but independent life for herself. The young Chilean's search for her elusive lover gradually turns into another kind of journey, and by the time she finally hears news of him, Eliza must decide who her true love really is.
Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the author of eight novels, including, most recently, Zorro, Portrait in Sepia, and Daughter of Fortune. She has also written a collection of stories; three memoirs, including My Invented Country and Paula; and a trilogy of children's novels. Her books have been translated into more than twenty-seven languages and have become bestsellers across four continents. In 2004 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Isabel Allende lives in California.
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