La hija de la fortuna

Spanish language

Published March 16, 2012 by Leer-e.

ISBN:
978-84-15551-09-6
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4 stars (1 review)

A Chilean woman searches for her lover in the goldfields of 1840s California. Arriving as a stowaway, Eliza finances her search with various jobs, including playing the piano in a brothel

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reviewed Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende (Involuntary Trilogy, #1)

A long winding tale

4 stars

I have been meaning to read this book many times. I tried borrowing it from the library multiple times but never managed to get past the first chapter. Then, one day I was walking around downtown in the +15 (pre-COVID) and stumbled upon a Little Free Library stand. I saw the book sitting there and grabbed it. I didn't pick it up to read until now.



I rather liked this book, having no idea what it held in store for me. I remember reading the first chapter during previous attempts at reading and my eyes glazing over at the extremely idealistic way that the main character, Eliza, was described. This time around, I pushed through. I pushed through when the perspective changed to a male voice (I wasn't fond of it) and was rewarded with a very interesting view of the Sommer family.



Admittedly, Rose Sommer held most of my …