DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE
De: ISABEL ALLENDE
Sección: otros idiomas » english
EAN: 9780061120251
Editorial: HARPER PERENNIAL MODERN CLASSICS
ISBN: 0061120251
Edición: 1ª
Formato: RUSTICO
Año: 2006
No. de páginas: 432
Idioma: INGLES
País: USA
Año: 2006
Región: [product:region]
Audiencia: [product:audiencia]
Formato: RUSTICO
Año: 2006
Idioma: INGLES
País: USA
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AN ORPHAN RAISED IN VALPARAÍSO, CHILE, BY A VICTORIAN SPINSTER AND HER RIGID BROTHER, YOUNG, VIVACIOUS ELIZA SOMMERS FOLLOWS HER LOVER TO CALIFORNIA DURING THE GOLD RUSH OF 1849. SHE ENTERS A ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE WORLD WHOSE NEWLY ARRIVED INHABITANTS ARE DRIVEN MAD BY GOLD FEVER. WITH THE HELP OF HER GOOD FRIEND AND SAVIOR, THE CHINESE DOCTOR TAO CHI''EN, ELIZA MOVES FREELY IN A SOCIETY OF SINGLE MEN AND PROSTITUTES, CREATING AN UNCONVENTIONAL BUT INDEPENDENT LIFE FOR HERSELF. THE YOUNG CHILEAN''S SEARCH FOR HER ELUSIVE LOVER GRADUALLY TURNS INTO ANOTHER KIND OF JOURNEY, AND BY THE TIME SHE FINALLY HEARS NEWS OF HIM, ELIZA MUST DECIDE WHO HER TRUE LOVE REALLY IS.












