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Isabel Allende invites readers into her family
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - For her new book, "The Sum of Our Days,"
Isabel Allende didn't have to look far for inspiration. Her big,
dramatic, loving family provided the more-fantastic-than-fiction
plot.
The tricky part was writing about characters who may be coming
over to dinner.
"I'm writing about the people I love the most and they're all
living around me," Allende says in an interview in her light-filled
home overlooking the San Francisco Bay. "It's very different,
because they w...
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; ... world to be an instrument for Paula's story, to write this book. It's hard for me to justify writing anymore now.'' (EDITORS: KRT News Service wants to help newspaper editors identify stories that may be of interest to ``readers at risk'' (people that newspapers ...
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Both Chile and U.S. house Allende's spirits
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; 00-00-0000 Ten years ago the novelist Isabel Allende became a U.S. citizen. Her passport identified her as an American, and she lived in California. But at heart, she said recently, she continued to be a Latin American from Chile, where her family's roots were and where she lived on and off for a
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Depression lifts when author Isabel Allende returns to writing.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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; 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
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Allende, heroine 'Ines' are kindred spirits
Oakland Tribune
; SAN FRANCISCO FIRST things first. "May I have some encyclopedias?" author Isabel Allende asked as she eyed the height of the podium where she recently read an excerpt from her latest novel, "Ines of My Soul," (HarperCollins, $25.95) at Cody's Books. At 5 feet tall, the internationally acclaimed
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 "Monitor (McAllen, TX)")
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Author Allende Speaks At Utpa.
Monitor (McAllen, TX)
; ... can be reached at (956)-683-4425. Copyright (c) 2006, The Monitor, McAllen, Texas Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. For information on republishing this content, contact us at (800) 661-2511 (U.S.), (213) 237-4914 (worldwide), fax (213) 237-65 ...
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AGE CAN'T TAME ISABEL ALLENDE
The Columbian
; LISA J. ADAMS The Columbian 04-26-1998 NEW YORK - Isabel Allende had a disturbing dream. She was speeding down the highway, about to hit a small child who was running toward her car. ``I jammed on the brakes … picked up the child and woke up trembling she said. Allende, author of ``The House
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Author Allende finds kindred spirit with 'Ines'
Oakland Tribune
; SAN FRANCISCO FIRST things first. "May I have some encyclopedias?" author Isabel Allende asked as she eyed the height of the podium where she recently read an excerpt from her latest novel, "Ines of My Soul," (HarperCollins, $25.95) at Cody's Books. At 5 feet tall, the internationally acclaimed
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THE SPIRITS OF ISABEL ALLENDE Inspired by her daughter, the author stares death and life in the face
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; ... determined that her brain damage was a result not of the porphyria but of the treatment she had received in Spain. When asked if this news made her angry, Allende characteristically absolves the individuals involved while indicting the system that ultimately failed ...
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AUTHOR ALLENDE SHARES STORIES AND DREAMS.(METRO)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
; Byline: Samara Kalk Derby The Capital Times Isabel Allende has lived in the United States for nearly 20 years, but it took the events of Sept. 11, 2001, to really make her feel like an American. Today I say I am American, the Chilean writer told a full house at the Wisconsin Union Theater Thursday
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 "The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)")
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All eyes on Allende.(LIFE)
The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)
; ... with my family, my stories. I feel that I have friends all over the world. Contact Tina Firesheets at 373-3498 or tfiresheets@news-record.com ISABEL ALLENDE Nationality: Chilean Date of birth: Aug. 2, 1942 Career: Before she became an international best-selling ...
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