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In the Midst of Winter (Audio CD) (Unabridged)
In the Midst of Winter - Audio CD - Unabridged Author:Dennis Boutsikaris (Narrator), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Narrator), Alma Cuervo (Narrator), Isabel Allende New York Times and worldwide bestselling "dazzling storyteller" (Associated Press) Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel about three very different people who are brought together in a mesmerizing story that journeys from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil. — In the Midst of Winter begi... more »ns with a minor traffic accident -- which becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. Richard Bowmaster -- a 60-year-old human rights scholar -- hits the car of Evelyn Ortega -- a young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala -- in the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen and far more serious turn when Evelyn turns up at the professor’s house seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant Lucia Maraz -- a 62-year-old lecturer from Chile -- for her advice. These three very different people are brought together in a mesmerizing story that moves from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil, sparking the beginning of a long overdue love story between Richard and Lucia.
Read by Dennis Boutsikaris, Jasmine Cephas Jones and Alma Cuervo. 9 audio discs (10 hr., 30 min.)« less