{"product_id":"9780060172534","title":"Paula","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith an enchanting blend of magical realism, politics, and romance reminiscent of her classic bestseller \u003cb\u003eThe House of the Spirits,\u003c\/b\u003e Isabel Allende presents a soul-baring memoir that seizes the reader like a novel of suspense. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for her daughter Paula when she became ill and slipped into a coma, \u003cb\u003ePaula\u003c\/b\u003e is the colorful story of Allende's life — from her early years in her native Chile, through the turbulent military coup of 1973, to the subsequent dictatorship and her family's years of exile. In the telling, bizarre ancestors reveal themselves, delightful and bitter childhood memories surface, enthralling anecdotes of youthful years are narrated and intimate secrets are softly whispered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an exorcism of death and a celebration of life, Isabel Allende explores the past, questions the gods, and creates a magical book that carries the reader from tears to laughter, from terror to sensuality to wisdom. In \u003cb\u003ePaula,\u003c\/b\u003e readers will come to understand that the miraculous world of her novels is the world Isabel Allende inhabits — it is her enchanted reality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021312016624,"sku":"9780060172534","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060172534_p0.gif?v=1763619107","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060172534","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}