âAllende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers.ââLos Angeles Times
The New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea tells the story of one unforgettable womanâa slave and concubine determined to take control of her own destinyâin this sweeping historical fiction saga that moves from the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue during the Haitian Revolution to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the ninteenth century.
âAllende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers.ââLos Angeles Times
The New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea tells the story of one unforgettable womanâa slave and concubine determined to take control of her own destinyâin this sweeping historical fiction saga that moves from the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue during the Haitian Revolution to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the ninteenth century.