''If you like your passions grand and your views panoramic, then Daughter of Fortune will be irresistible'' The Times Orphaned at birth, Eliza Sommers is raised in the British colony of Valparaiso, Chile, by the spinster Miss Rose and her rigid brother Jeremy. She meets and falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquin Andieta, a clerk who works for Jeremy; but when gold is discovered in the hills of northern California, he disappears to seek his fortune in San Francisco, and Eliza can''t help but follow. With the help of newfound friends, Eliza finds a place for herself in this burgeoning society, and California opens the door to a new life of freedom and independence for the young Chilean. And while Eliza went to California for someone else, what began as a search for love ends up as the conquest of personal freedom. Spirited and daring, Daughter of Fortune is a tale of romance, adventure, and of a sparky and ambitious heroine finding herself where she never imagined she would.

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Isabel Allende, born in Peru and raised in Chile, is a novelist, feminist, and philanthropist. She is one of the most widely read authors in the world, having sold more than 80 million copies of her books across 42 languages. She is the author of several bestselling and critically acclaimed books, including The Wind Knows My Name, Violeta, A Long Petal of the Sea, The House of the Spirits, Of Love and Shadows, Eva Luna, and Paula. In addition to her work as a writer, Isabel devotes much of her time to human rights causes. She has received fifteen honorary doctorates, been inducted into the California Hall of Fame, and received the PEN Center Lifetime Achievement Award and the Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, and in 2018, she received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation. She lives in California with her husband and dogs.
You can visit Isabel Allende at IsabelAllende.com or follow her on Instagram @AllendeIsabel, on Facebook at Facebook.com/IsabelAllende and on X @IsabelAllende

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'If you like your passions grand and your views panoramic, then Daughter of Fortune will be irresistible' The Times

In colonial Chile, 1832, the infant Eliza is found on the doorstep of the British Import and Export Company. Adopted by the maternal Miss Rose, she is raised dutifully, with Victorian piety and propriety. But as a young woman, Eliza falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquín Andieta - and when he leaves for the gold-laden hills of California, she can't help but follow.

With the aid of newfound friends, Eliza finds a place for herself in this burgeoning society; and while she came to California for someone else, what was once a search for love transforms into a profound discovery of her own freedom.

'An extravagant tale by a gifted storyteller whose spell brings to life the 19th century world' Los Angeles Times