"Within the first pages...Isabel Allende draws you into her world making each word intoxicating. With an open heart and soul, she leaves her print on our own hearts, sharing with us her daughter and finding solace through this journey of great loss. I will forever remember Paula, and am so intrigued with the person of Isabel Allende, that I have already read three of her books and am on my fourth. I want to give equal credit to the work of the translator, Margaret Sayers Peden, who did an OUTSTANDING job in keeping true to the deep emotions Isabel Allende guided her readers through. Wow, what rare talent..both are true writers!"