My Invented Country by Isabel Allende

My Invented Country

Isabel Allende with Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator)

240 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced

Description

The life story of Isabel Allende – one of the world's favourite writers – is as exotic, passionate and inspiring as one of her novels.Just three when her parents divorced, Isabel Allende was raised in her grandparents' home in Chile. She left scho...

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Moods

reflective 83%
informative 75%
emotional 51%
funny 21%
hopeful 16%
inspiring 16%
lighthearted 16%
sad 13%
adventurous 10%
challenging 2%
dark 2%
mysterious 2%
relaxing 2%

Pace

medium 56%
fast 24%
slow 18%

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3.86

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