In the Midst of Winter

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Call Number: Fiction / Allende, Isabel, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Allende, Isabel
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Traverwood Branch

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"Originally published in Spain in 2017 as Más allá del invierno" -- Verso title page.
"New York Times and worldwide bestselling "dazzling storyteller" (Associated Press) Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel about three very different people who are brought together in a mesmerizing story that journeys from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil. In the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident--which becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. Richard Bowmaster--a 60-year-old human rights scholar--hits the car of Evelyn Ortega--a young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala--in the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen and far more serious turn when Evelyn turns up at the professor's house seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant Lucia Maraz--a 62-year-old lecturer from Chile--for her advice. These three very different people are brought together in a mesmerizing story that moves from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil, sparking the beginning of a long overdue love story between Richard and Lucia. Exploring the timely issues of human rights and the plight of immigrants and refugees, the book recalls Allende's landmark novel The House of the Spirits in the way it embraces the cause of "humanity, and it does so with passion, humor, and wisdom that transcend politics" (Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post). In the Midst of Winter will stay with you long after you turn the final page"-- Provided by publisher.

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Could not get into this one.. submitted by bookher on July 18, 2018, 2:24pm I don't know what it is about her writing that makes me just want to fall asleep. I have tried to read a few of her books and just cannot get interested in the characters.

Not as strong as her other books submitted by ack on August 1, 2020, 7:17pm I've read many of Allende's books, but this one felt... forced? The characters seemed more like props than like real people.