Daughter of Fortune

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Isabel Allende

From the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, Isabelle Allende, comes a passionate tale of one young woman's quest to save her lover set against the chaos of the 1849 California Gold Rush. Orphaned at birth, Eliza Sommers is raised in the British colony of Valparaíso, Chile, by the well-intentioned Victorian spinster Miss Rose and her more rigid brother Jeremy. Just as she meets and falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquín Andieta, a lowly clerk who works for Jeremy, gold is discovered in the hills of northern California. By 1849, Chileans of every stripe have fallen prey to feverish dreams of wealth. Joaquín takes off for San Francisco to seek his fortune, and Eliza, pregnant with his child, decides to follow him. As Eliza embarks on her perilous journey north in the hold of a ship and arrives in the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco, she must navigate a society dominated by greedy men. But Eliza soon catches on with the help of her natural spirit and a good friend, the Chinese doctor Tao Chi’en. What began as a search for love ends up as the conquest of personal freedom. A marvel of storytelling, Daughter of Fortune confirms once again Isabel Allende's extraordinary gift for fiction and her place as one of the world's leading writers.

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Author

Isabel Allende

Pages

496

Publisher

Harper Collins

Published Date

2014-04-15

ISBN

0062254421 9780062254429

Ratings

Google: 5

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"I listened on Audio, I enjoyed the story just not the narrator, I definitely plan on reading again. Did she ever send to letter to Miss Rose, did she really see the man she spent years searching for? Did she finally give up on her first love? I need to know😩, Can’t wait to get my hands on, Portrait in Sepia😮‍💨❤️‍🔥"

Maribel

"3.5 stars<br/>so I almost didn't read this book because of the cover (is that weird?) but it looked like a dry history book to me. After I asked the owner of the little used bookstore to pick for me he chose this one. I was pleasantly surprised. There were some captivating story lines and the historical part of the book was extremely well done and fascinating (4.5 stars) but at 75 pages left in the book I struggled to finish - to explain why may offer spoilers<br/><br/>"

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Jfly winslow

"A historical page turner. A great coming of age story that takes place in another continent and another era. Loved It!"

Jen Marin

"This is an amazing book. So many layers."

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Meg Roberts

"Another book I read a while ago and dont remember too much of it. May have to reread it."

Dalila Lala

"Our Country Friends…excellent!"

Tracee Adams

"I read this while on exchange in Valparaiso, Chile (where the book takes place), and I'm from San Francisco <spoiler>(where the characters end up)</spoiler>, so it was a lot of fun to read."