Depression lifts when author Isabel Allende returns to writing.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: September 24, 1997| Author: Santiago, Denise-Marie | Copyright information

WASHINGTON _ It's been six years since a whisper changed Isabel Allende's life.

The acclaimed Chilean author was at a party for her latest release, ``The Infinite Plan,'' when _ with a glass of champagne in one hand and a microphone in the other _ she received hushed word that her only daughter lay critically ill in a hospital bed.

What has happened to Allende since is an emotional paradox. While she has found support in the hundreds of letters from read...

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