Sunday, January 7, 2024
The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende
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WIND KNOWS MY NAME has a stunning cover and is the latest work of historical fiction by Isabel Allende, an award
winning author long fascinated by questions related to the immigrant experience
(The Japanese Lover; In the Midst of Winter). Here, Allende
relates the story of Samuel, a young Jew from Vienna and part of the Kindertransport;
of Leticia, whose family was killed at the 1981 El Mozote massacre; and of
Anita, a young, partially blind girl from El Salvador who was separated from
her mother in 2019 by the US border police. Allende definitely evokes empathy
for these characters. Each story is harrowing in its own way, but this very
emotional novel ultimately ends on a hopeful note as they coalesce into a
family unit of sorts. THE WIND KNOWS MY NAME received a starred review from Library Journal and Publishers
Weekly.
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