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Allende, Isabel, 1942-

In the midst of winter / Isabel Allende ; translated by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson. - London, England Scribner 2017. - 342 pages ; 25 cm.

In the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident--which becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. Richard Bowmaster--a 60-year-old human rights scholar--hits the car of Evelyn Ortega--a young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala--in the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen and far more serious turn when Evelyn turns up at the professor's house seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant Lucia Maraz--a 62-year-old lecturer from Chile--for her advice. These three very different people are brought together in a mesmerizing story that moves from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil, sparking the beginning of a long overdue love story between Richard and Lucia.


Translated from the Spanish.

ISBN: 9781471166877 1471166872

Subjects--Topical Terms:
College teachers--Fiction.
Human rights--Fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 863/.64