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Review: My Name Is Emilia Del Valle, Isabel Allende
Another beautiful novel from Isabel Allende! I truly enjoyed this story about a fictional woman dropped into real historical events, including the Chilean Civil War of 1891. Emilia Del Valle, a female journalist, decides to travel from San Francisco to Chile to cover the war. This story also includes reference to the women who followed their…
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Review: The Seventh Veil of Salome, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
First published in 2024, this novel tells the story of 1950s Hollywood through several different perspectives. Told through different points of view, the plot focuses on the making of a major film. A young woman from Mexico, Vera Larios, is cast as the lead character, and she soon ends up in a terrible conflict with…
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