The Soul of a Woman

Isabel Allende

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Bloomsbury
02 March 2021

Biography; Memoirs; Feminism & feminist theory; Gender studies: women; Sociology: customs & traditions

The wise, warm, defiant new book from literary legend Isabel Allende - a meditation on power, feminism and what it means to be a woman.

An Independent, Guardian and Grazia Highlight for 2021.

When I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating.

As a child, Isabel Allende watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three small children. As a young woman coming of age in the late 1960s, she rode the first wave of feminism. She has seen what has been accomplished by the movement in the course of her lifetime. And over the course of three marriages, she has learned how to grow as a woman while having a partner, when to step away, and the rewards of embracing one's sexuality.

So what do women want? To be safe, to be valued, to live in peace, to have their own resources, to be connected, to have control over their bodies and lives, and above all, to be loved. On all these fronts, there is much work to be done, and this book, Allende hopes, will 'light the torch of our daughters and granddaughters with mine. They will have to live for us, as we lived for our mothers, and carry on with the work still left to be finished.'

By: Isabel Allende
Imprint: Bloomsbury
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 276g
ISBN: 9781526630810
ISBN 10: 1526630818
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 02 March 2021
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the author of twenty-four bestselling and critically acclaimed books, including The House of the Spirits, Daughter of Fortune and City of the Beasts. A Chilean immigrant herself, Allende devotes much of her time to human rights causes and in 1996 founded the Isabel Allende Foundation. She lives in California. isabelallende.com

Reviews for The Soul of a Woman

In her small, potent polemic . . . Isabel Allende writes about the toxic effects of machismo , combining wit with anger as she picks apart the patriarchy * Independent * An autobiographical meditation on feminism, power and womanhood . . . full of Isabel's wisdom and warm words * Grazia * Allende has everything it takes: the ear, the eye, the mind, the heart, the all-encompassing humanity * New York Times * Isabel Allende is a grand storyteller who writes with surpassing compassion and insight. Her place as an icon of world literature was secured long ago. She will be celebrated, by readers and writers alike, for generations to come -- Khaled Hosseini