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In the Midst of Winter

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In the Midst of Winter

Richard Bowmaster, a 60-year-old human rights scholar, hits the car of Evelyn Ortega --- a young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala --- in the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen and far more serious turn when Evelyn turns up at the professor’s house seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant Lucia Maraz --- a 62-year-old lecturer from Chile --- for her advice. These three very different people are brought together in a mesmerizing story that moves from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil, sparking the beginning of a long overdue love story between Richard and Lucia.

In the Midst of Winter
by Isabel Allende

  • Publication Date: September 4, 2018
  • Genres: Fiction
  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Atria Books
  • ISBN-10: 1501178148
  • ISBN-13: 9781501178146