My Name is Emilia del Valle 9781526687647 Paperback

‘A spellbinding masterpiece’SANTA MONTEFIORE’Isabel Allende is a literary treasure’KRISTIN HANNAHEmilia del Valle was always destined for great things.Abandoned at birth by her Chilean aristocrat father, Emilia comes of age in nineteenth-century San Francisco as an independent and fiercely ambitious young woman, decades ahead of her time.She will do whatever it takes to pursue her lifes passion for writing, even if it means publishing under a mans name.When Emilia lands a position as a journalist for theDaily Examiner, herunwavering sense of adventure and new-found determination to survive in her own name leads her to seize the chance to cover a brewing civil war in Chile alongside another talented reporter.But the assignment offers Emilia more than just an opportunity to prove herself as a writer. Before long sheembarks on a treacherous, life-changing journeyin a homeland she never knew, to uncover the truth about her father and herself.A masterclass in historical storytelling from Isabel Allende,My Name is Emilia del Valleisa powerful tale of love and war, told by a valiant young woman who confronts monumental challenges, survives and reinvents herself along the way.