![]() In whirlwind fashion, Allende conveys Violeta’s life: her lackluster first marriage, an adventure-filled affair with British RAF pilot Julian Bravo, Bravo’s underhanded dealings flying CIA operatives to South America, and the tragic story of her drug-addled daughter who dies while giving birth to Camilo. Nine-year-old Violeta finds her father’s body with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and they move to a farm. The del Valles-patriarch Arsenio and his invalid wife, five sons, and the youngest, daughter Violeta-survive by quarantining in their mansion in the capital city of their unnamed country, but the Great Depression soon shatters the family’s economic stability. Violeta del Valle, 100, recounts the story of her life to her grandson, Camilo, beginning with her birth during the Spanish Flu pandemic. ![]() Chilean writer Allende ( A Petal of the Sea) chronicles the lives of an upper-class South American family across various historical events of the 20th century. ![]()
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