The Infinite Plan: A Novel

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HarperCollins Publishers, 1993 - Fiction - 382 pages
"Bestselling author Isabel Allende's new novel, her first to be set in the United States and to portray American characters, is a mesmerizing, poignant saga of one man's search for love and his struggle to come to terms with a childhood of poverty and neglect. As Gregory's story unfolds, we follow his struggle to survive--persecution by the gangs in the barrio, the hooros of the war in Vietnam--and to be successful. A lawyer in San Francisco, Gregory pursues money and possessions, looks for love with the wrong women, abuses alcohot, neglects his children, and loses himself in an illustory and wrongheaded quest. The Infinite Plan transforms one man's story into a powerful tale of loneliness and love, betrayals and hurdles, and defeats that finally lead to acceptance and reconciliation." -- From back cover.

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Section 2
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Section 3
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About the author (1993)

Isabel Allende was born in 1942 in Lima, Peru, the daughter of a Chilean diplomat. When her parents separated, young Isabel moved with her mother to Chile, where she spent the rest of her childhood. She married at the age of 19 and had two children, Paula and Nicolas. Her uncle was Salvador Allende, the president of Chile. When he was overthrown in the coup of 1973, she fled Chile, moving to Caracas, Venezuela. While living in Venezuela, Allende began writing her novels, many of them exploring the close family bonds between women. Her first novel, The House of the Spirits, has been translated into 27 languages, and was later made into a film. She then wrote Of Love and Shadows, Eva Luna, and The Stories of Eva Luna, all set in Latin America. The Infinite Plan was her first novel to take place in the United States. She explores the issues of human rights and the plight of immigrants and refugees in her novel, In The Midst of Winter. In Paula, Allende wrote her memoirs in connection with her daughter's illness and death. She delved into the erotic connections between food and love in Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses. In addition to writing books, Allende has worked as a TV interviewer, magazine writer, school administrator, and a secretary at a U.N. office in Chile. She received the 1996 Harold Washington Literacy Award. She lives in California. Her title Maya's Notebook made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2013.

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