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In the Midst of Winter

By: Isabel Allende, Alma Cuervo, Jasmine Cephas Jones
Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
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 **THE NEW YORK TIMES ?BESTSELLER**
The captivating new novel from the multi-million-bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and The Japanese Lover. Now the New York Times bestseller.

New York Times bestseller Isabel Allende returns with a beautifully crafted, multi-generational novel of struggle, endurance and friendship against the odds.

Amid the biggest Brooklyn snowstorm in living memory, an unexpected friendship blossoms between three people thrown together by circumstance. Richard Bowmaster, a lonely university professor in his sixties, hits the car driven by Evelyn Ortega, a young, undocumented migrant from Guatemala. But what at first seems an inconvenience takes an unforeseen and darker turn when Evelyn comes to him and his neighbour Lucia Maraz, desperately seeking help.

Sweeping from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala to turbulent 1970s Chile and Brazil, and woven with Isabel Allende's trademark humanity, passion and storytelling verve, In the Midst of Winter is a mesmerizing and unforgettable tale read for you by Dennis Boutsikaris, Alma Cuervo and Jasmine Cephas Jones. Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Feel-Good Friendship Latin American

Critic reviews

‘Isabel Allende is a master storyteller. When it comes to love Isabel writes from the heart to the heart and I feel all the richer for having been touched by her’ (Santa Montefiore)
‘If Allende's life depended on her narrative gifts, she'd not only survive, but reign’
‘Isabel Allende is the most romantic of writers and this is a novel of high romance and lush sensuality, unashamedly about the enduring power of love and ending on a note of grace’
‘Lush storytelling, with a liberal dusting of South American magical realism and a multi-gener­ational narrative sweep’
‘A gripping and tender tribute to the human heart’
‘Enchanting, magnificent. Absolute magic on every level’
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enjoyed the book good narration but quite afew ouple of skips in the sound which was disappointing

good narration few ouple of skips in the sound

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Love it. The story and the way how it is told took me somewhere far away....

Great novel

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Beautiful story of unexpected love later in life.
I liked the different narrators telling the different characters stories
Timely politically too - humanising the stories behind central American migration to the States

heart warming story

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great narration - 3 different narrators for the three main characters. set in different times but easily marked so you always know where you are.
great story!

great book, great narration.

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Absolutely captivated by this unusual story. Well plotted and with credible well rounded characters. Strong sense of time and place and I really enjoyed this morally complex story.

Multilayered story of our time

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