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The wind knows my name : a novel / Isabel Allende ; [translated by Frances Riddle].

Allende, Isabel, (author.). Riddle, Frances, (translator.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593598108
  • ISBN: 0593598105
  • Physical Description: pages cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Ballantine Group, [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Translated from Spanish into English.
Summary, etc.:
"This powerful and moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea weaves together past and present, tracing the ripple effects of war and immigration on one child in Europe in 1938 and another in the United States in 2019. Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler was six years old when his father disappeared during Kristallnacht-the night their family lost everything. Samuel's mother secured a spot for him on the last Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to the United Kingdom, which he boarded alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin. Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Diaz, a blind seven-year-old girl, and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. However, their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination she created with her sister back home. Anita's case is assigned to Selena Duran, a young social worker who enlists the help of a promising lawyer from one of San Francisco's top law firms. Together they discover that Anita has another family member in the United States: Leticia Cordero, who is employed at the home of now eighty-six-year-old Samuel Adler, linking these two lives. Spanning time and place, The Wind Knows My Name is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers-and never stop dreaming"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject: Emigration and immigration > Fiction.
Genre: Novels.

Available copies

  • 58 of 67 copies available at Bibliomation.

Holds

  • 6 current holds with 67 total copies.
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Ansonia Public Library FIC ALLENDE, ISABEL (Text) 34045150022395 Adult Fiction In transit -
Babcock Library - Ashford F All (Text) 33110150618898 Adult Fiction Available -
Beacon Falls Public Library FIC ALL (Text) 33120152857709 Adult New Fiction Available -
Beardsley & Memorial Library - Winsted FIC ALLENDE (Text) 33750000084023 Adult New Fiction Available -
Beardsley Branch - Bridgeport FIC ALLENDE (Text) 34000151459070 Adult Fiction Available -
Beekley Community Library - New Hartford NEW F ALLENDE I (Text) 32544072688962 Adult New Fiction Checked out 05/02/2024
Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton FIC All (Text) 33160150522897 Adult New Material Available -
Bethel Public Library ALLENDE (Text) 34030148535161 Adult Fiction Available -
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry AF ALL (Text) 33260000598319 Adult Fiction Available -
Brookfield Library F/ALLENDE (Text) 34029154505993 Adult Fiction Available -

Summary: "This powerful and moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea weaves together past and present, tracing the ripple effects of war and immigration on one child in Europe in 1938 and another in the United States in 2019. Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler was six years old when his father disappeared during Kristallnacht-the night their family lost everything. Samuel's mother secured a spot for him on the last Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to the United Kingdom, which he boarded alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin. Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Diaz, a blind seven-year-old girl, and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. However, their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination she created with her sister back home. Anita's case is assigned to Selena Duran, a young social worker who enlists the help of a promising lawyer from one of San Francisco's top law firms. Together they discover that Anita has another family member in the United States: Leticia Cordero, who is employed at the home of now eighty-six-year-old Samuel Adler, linking these two lives. Spanning time and place, The Wind Knows My Name is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers-and never stop dreaming"--

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