Paula: A Memoir by Isabel Allende

Paula: A Memoir

Isabel Allende with Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator)

330 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
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When Isabel Allende’s daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and fell into a coma, the author began to write the story of her family for her unconscious child. In the telling, bizarre ancestors appear before our eyes; we hear both delightful and bitt...

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Moods

emotional 92%
sad 82%
reflective 74%
inspiring 43%
hopeful 19%
challenging 18%
dark 18%
informative 15%
funny 7%
tense 7%
lighthearted 3%
mysterious 3%
adventurous 2%
relaxing 1%

Pace

medium 49%
slow 46%
fast 4%

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