"Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers." - Los Angeles Times From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century, the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende ( Inés of My Soul, The House of the Spirits, Portrait in Sepia ) tells the story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny.
