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Daughter of Fortune

Allende, Isabel
Daughter of Fortune
'Passionate, adventurous, and brilliantly insightful...A masterpiece of historical fiction' - Denver Post
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Code: FIADF0209PB
An orphan raised in Valpariso, Chile, by a Victorian spinster and her rigid brother, young, vivasicous 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. A society of single men and prostitutes amony whom Eliza moves - with the help of her good friend and savior, the Chinese doctor Tao Chi'en - California opens the door to a new life of freedom and independence for the young Chiliean. Her search for the elusive lover gradualy 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. * Good condition - cover has been covered, tanning & spotting to pages*
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