I first came across Chilean writer Isabel Allende when I read The House of the Spirits back in the late 80s. A decade later and I fell in love with Eva Luna. Then, fifteen years ago, I was captivated by her retelling of the legend in her Zorro. Allende and the Chilean Coup Her father was a first cousin to Salvador Allende, President of Chile … [Read more...] about Favourite Reads – A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende