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The Wind Knows My Name
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Maria Liatis
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Bloomsbury presents The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende, read by Maria Liatis and Edoardo Ballerini.
THE POWERFUL AND MOVING NEW NOVEL FROM LITERARY LEGEND ISABEL ALLENDE
PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR
'A grand storyteller' – KHALED HOSSEINI
'A new novel by Isabel Allende is always a treat' – DAILY MAIL
'What a joy it must be to come upon Allende for the first time' – COLUM MCCANN
No, we're not lost.
The wind knows my name.
And yours too.
Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht — the night their family loses everything. As her child’s safety seems ever harder to guarantee, Samuel’s mother secures a spot for him on the last Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin.
Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Diaz and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. But their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes her tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination. Meanwhile, Selena Duran, a young social worker, enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down Anita’s mother.
Intertwining past and present, The Wind Knows My Name tells the tale of these two unforgettable characters, both in search of family and home. It 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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- Anonymous User
- 23-11-2023
A must read
A lovely story, interesting characters, real without being too graphic. Narrator excellent.
Would highly recommend
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- Angela Cochrane
- 03-07-2023
Enticing
A lovely read, couldn’t put it down, shine a lens on the injustice of refugees and human trafficking
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- Anonymous User
- 21-07-2023
Thought provoking and powerful
I really enjoy the way Isabel Allende brings her characters to life and always has a wonderful way of telling a story. This one touched me.
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- Christine Torbey
- 15-11-2023
Allende brilliant as ever
Fabulous story and fabulous storytelling. You can’t help but devour an Isabel Allende novel.
She’s like a star in the sky!
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- Rami
- 05-08-2023
Absolutely Moving Story
I could not stop listening… Isabel Allende has magic in her stories. The way in which she resembles atrocities which happened years ago and in present times through brave children.
Also it is very informative, as we don’t hear much about modern times children in cages, children separated from their mothers.
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