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Isabel Allende evokes the magnificent landscapes of her country; a charming, idiosyncratic Chilean people with a violent history and an indomitable spirit, and the politics, religion, myth, and magic of her homeland that she carries with her right now. The book groups around two life-changing times. The murder of her uncle Salvador Allende Gossens on September 11, 1973, sent her into exile and transformed her into a fictional author. And the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on her behalf adopted homeland, america, brought forth an overdue acknowledgment that Allende had indeed left home.