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In the midst of winter : a novel / Isabel Allende ; translated from the Spanish by Nick Castor and Amanda Hopkinson.
Amid the biggest Brooklyn snowstorm in living memory, Richard Bowmaster, a lonely university professor in his sixties, hits the car of Evelyn Ortega, a young undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, and what at first seems an inconvenience takes a more serious turn from Evelyn comes to his house, seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant, Lucia Maraz, a fellow academic from Chile, for her advice. As these three lives intertwine, each will discover truths about how they have been shaped by the tragedies they witnessed, and Richard and Lucia will find unexpected, long overdue love.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501178139
- Physical Description: 342 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2017.
- Copyright: c2017.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in Spain in 2017 as Más allá del invierno"--Title page verso. |
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| Subject: | College teachers > Fiction. Women college teachers > Fiction. Undocumented immigrants > Fiction. Human rights > Fiction. New York (N.Y.) > Fiction. Guatemala > Fiction. Chile > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Love stories. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Gibsons Public Library | FIC ALLE (Text) | 30886001045265 | Adult Fiction Hardcover | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Sechelt Public Library | F ALLE (Text) | 33260000426297 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the author of a number of bestselling and critically acclaimed books, including The House of the Spirits, Of Love and Shadows, Eva Luna, The Stories of Eva Luna, Paula, and The Japanese Lover. Her books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages and have sold more than 65 million copies worldwide. She is the receipient of the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and she divides her time between California and Chile.
