by Isabel Allende · Harper · tapa dura · ISBN 9780060194925
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Daughter of Fortune is a novel by Chilean writer Isabel Allende, published in 1999. The story follows Eliza Sommers, a young Chilean woman living in Valparaíso in 1849, during the California gold rush. When her lover, Joaquín Andieta, heads north in search of fortune, Eliza decides to follow him, embarking on a journey full of challenges and transformations. In her quest, Eliza finds help and affection in Tao Chi'en, a Chinese doctor who guides her through the mysteries and contradictions of the human condition. The novel is a portrait of an era marked by violence and greed, where the characters find love, friendship, and compassion.
Isabel Angélica Allende Llona is a Chilean-American writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the magical realism genre, is known for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts, which have been commercially successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
