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Spanish Book Discussion: Mi Nombre es Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende.

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Mi Nombre es Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende.

This novel tells the story of Emilia Del Valle a strong and independent woman born in 1866 in San Francisco. The daughter of an Irish nun and a Chilean aristocrat, she becomes a journalist and war correspondent. Covering the Chilean Civil War, searching for her father, and finding love, this novel explores themes of identity, memory, displacement, and survival in a turbulent 20th century. This book is connected to the universe of The House of the Spirits.

Copies of Mi Nombre es Emilia Del Valle are available at the circulation desk, while supplies last.