'If you were thrilled by The House of the Spirits, you'll love this' Marie Claire
As a young girl, Aurora del Valle suffered a brutal trauma that erased the first five years of her life from her mind. Raised by her ambitious grandmother, she grows up with privilege, comfort and everything she could ask for.
But while she is free of the limitations that most other women face, she is tormented by terrible nightmares. When she finds herself alone at the end of an unhappy love affair, she decides to explore the mystery of her past, to discover what had such a devastating effect on her young life all those years ago.
Portrait in Sepia is both a magnificent historical novel set at the end of the nineteenth century in Chile and a marvellous family saga, peopled by characters from Daughter of Fortune and The House of the Spirits. This engrossing story of the dark power of hidden secrets is intimate in its probing of human character, and thrilling in the way it illuminates the complexity of family ties.
| ISBN: | 9781526693143 |
| Publication date: | 18th June 2026 |
| Author: | Isabel Allende |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Primary Genre | General Fiction |
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'If you were thrilled by The House of the Spirits, you'll love this' Marie Claire
As a young girl, Aurora del Valle suffered a brutal trauma that erased the first five years of her life from her mind. Raised by her ambitious grandmother, she grows up with privilege, comfort and everything she could ask for.
But while she is free of the limitations that most other women face, she is tormented by terrible nightmares. When she finds herself alone at the end of an unhappy love affair, she decides to explore the mystery of her past, to discover what had such a devastating effect on her young life all those years ago.
Portrait in Sepia is both a magnificent historical novel set at the end of the nineteenth century in Chile and a marvellous family saga, peopled by characters from Daughter of Fortune and The House of the Spirits. This engrossing story of the dark power of hidden secrets is intimate in its probing of human character, and thrilling in the way it illuminates the complexity of family ties.
Portrait in Sepia features in the following genres: General Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Fiction
Portrait in Sepia is available in Paperback
Portrait in Sepia was written by Isabel Allende and published by Bloomsbury an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Portrait in Sepia has 336 pages
£9.89
