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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.
By Michael Silverblatt • • 30m ListenIsabel Allende's second memoir,
(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.
Read an excerpt from The Sum of Our Days.