A review by rachel_from_avid_bookshop
The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende is a dual-timeline historical fiction centering around the impact immigration has on two children, one from Vienna in 1938 and the other from El Salvador who is in detention in Arizona in 2019. While the circumstances of young Samuel Adler leaving his mother on the Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England is vastly different than young Anita and her mother entering the United States to escape an abusive man in their native El Salvador, the emotional impact and trauma of being separated from your family at a young age is universal. How Samuel and Anita's lives become connected is a beautiful story of grace and hope.
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