Of Love and Shadows (Paperback) by Isabel Allende, Prof. Margaret Sayers Peden

from purplehena

This was my introduction to Isabel Allende ... a great novel about the disappeared persons(los desaparecidos) of a Latin American dictatorship. I love Allende's writing style ... it was hard to put...

from sbsolter

A moving and enjoyable story. The story-line is relatively simple compared to some of Allende's other books, but nonetheless shines a light on the human condition.

from Lisa.Johnson.James

A book of the Revolution in a Latin American country that went unnamed in the book, this deals with the brutal side of government takeovers & crimes against the people. Irene is a journalist for a ...

from EadieB

I have read many of Allende's novels and I have enjoyed them all. This one was no different. It was an intriguing story and kept me interested until the very end. I found it to be a powerful and mo...

from Kristelh

A story set in some country in America (probably a Latin American country). We are never told the name of the country but it is under the dictatorship of the military. It is political, love story a...