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Informationen zum Autor Isabel Allende is the author of twelve works of fiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Maya’s Notebook, Island Beneath the Sea, Inés of My Soul, Daughter of Fortune , and a novel that has become a world-renowned classic, T he House of the Spirits . Born in Peru and raised in Chile, she lives in California. Blair Brown, a veteran of the New York theater, received 5 Emmy ® nominations for her starring role in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd . Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.
