Paula Author: Isabel Allende
	Book Information Publisher: Harpercollins Book Type: Hardcover Rating: 14 ISBN-13: 9780060172534 - ISBN-10: 0060172533 Publication Date: 5/1995 Pages: 330 Book Reviews

Paula es el libro más conmovedor, más personal y más íntimo de Isabel Allende. Junto al lecho en que moría su hija Paula, la gran narradora chilena escribió la historia de su familia y de si misma con el propósito de regalársela a Paula cuando ésta superara la enfermedad.

From the back of the book:

Paula is a soul-bearing memoir that seizes the reader like a novel of suspense. When Isabel Allende's daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and fell into a coma, the author began to write the story of her family for her unconscious child. In the telling, bizarre ancestors appear before our eyes; we hear both delightful and bitter childhood memories, amazing anecdotes of youthful years, the most intimate secrets passed along in whispers. With Paula, Allende has written a powerful autobiography whose straightforward acceptance of the magical and spiritual worlds will remind readers of her first book, The House of Spirits.