<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Raised in the British colony of Valparaâiso, Chile, English orphan Eliza Sommers meets and falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquâin Andieta, a lowly clerk with ambitious dreams. When gold is discovered in the hills of northern California, Chileans, including Joaquâin, head north to seek their fortune. Eliza, pregnant with Joaquâin's child, leaves behind everything she knows to follow her lover. In the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco, Eliza must navigate a society dominated by greedy men. But with the help of her natural spirit and a good friend, Chinese doctor Tao Chi'en, Eliza soon comes to discover that her search for love has become a quest of personal freedom.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>"Allende has created a masterpiece of historical fiction that is passionate, adventurous, and brilliantly insightful. . . . suspenseful and surprising."--<em>Denver Post</em></strong></p><p><strong>From the revered <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>The House of the Spirits</em> and <em>A Long Petal of the Sea </em>comes a passionate tale of one young woman's quest to save her lover, set against the chaos, greed, and promise of the 1849 California Gold Rush.</strong></p><p>Raised in the British colony of Valparaíso, Chile, English orphan Eliza Sommers meets and falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquín Andieta, a lowly clerk with ambitious dreams. When gold is discovered in the hills of northern California. Chileans, including Joaquín, head north to seek their fortune. Eliza, pregnant with Joaquín's child, leaves behind everything she knows to follow her lover. <br/></p><p>In the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco, Eliza must navigate a society dominated by greedy men. But with the help of her natural spirit and a good friend, Chinese doctor Tao Chi'en, Eliza soon comes to discover that her search for love has become a quest of personal freedom.</p>
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