A Long Petal of the Sea - Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende

Category: Bestsellers

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Tags: Bestsellers, Historical Fiction, Adults

New York Times Best Seller, From the author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home., One of the most richly imagined portrayals of the Spanish Civil War to date, and one of the strongest and most affecting works in [Isabel Allendes] long career. (The New York Times Book Review), In the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage neither of them desires., Together with 2,000 other refugees, they embark on the SS Winnipeg, a ship chartered by the poet Pa