My Invented Country, Isabel AllendeAlthough she claims to have been an outsider in her native land "I never fit in anywhere, not into my family, my social class, or the religion fate bestowed on me" Isabel Allende carries with her even today the mark of the politics, myth, and magic of her homeland, Chile. In My Invented Country she explores the role of memory and nostalgia in shaping her life, her books, and that most intimate connection to her place of origin. The military coup and

narrowly escapes Scylla and Charybdis

not the laidback dream girl

this beautiful gold one is sure to draw eyes

Times were tough in 1590

and illegal immigrants

But soon a grim

of the way in which Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe galavanized the anti-slavery movement

an Islamic Revolution transformed the nation into a theocracy almost overnight

protected by fear

despite herself

a college student begins to fall for an acquaintance who might be dead

so grab what you can while they're still too little to stop us