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    Isabel Allende: The Sum of Our Days

    Isabel Allende's second memoir is written to her daughter Paula who died. We discuss storytelling as a form of memory, a way of preserving the present.

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    By Michael Silverblatt • Jun 5, 2008 • 30m Listen

    Isabel Allende's second memoir,

    The Sum of Our Days

    (Harper), is written to Paula, her daughter who died, telling the history of their family since her death. Allende tells stories naturally, and here we discuss storytelling as a form of memory, a way of preserving the present.

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      Michael Silverblatt

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