La Casa de Los Espiritus (Paperback) by Isabel Allende

from JeroenBerndsen

A wonderfull story spanning multiple decades and generations. It tells the tale of a family trying to stick together in spite of their difficulties and problems with each other. an exhilirating fam...

from amareshjoshi

A wonderful book. It's the story of several generations of the Del Valle and Trueba families. It's set in a fictional south american country, which is obviously Chile, given what we know about Alle...

from Donna828

This is going to be a strange book review. It's more about the author than the book. After reading her account in the autobiographical Paula, I knew I had to read The House of the Spirits. In Paula...

from JenLacy22

Excellent read that chronicles four generations of a family living in Chile. Politics is brilliantly weaved throughout the story when the author alludes to the Pinochet regime and the onset of poli...

from mamibunny

This was my first book from Isabel Allende, I didn't know what to expect. She's a great story-teller and mixes historical fact with old wive's tales and the supernatural very well. I read it in abo...