Narrated with warmth, humor, exceptional candor and wisdom, The Sum of Our Days is a portrait of a contemporary family, tied together by the love, strong will, and stubborn determination of a beloved matriarch, the indomitable New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende.
"An inspiring and thought-provoking work." -Denver Post
Isabel Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of the tragic death of her daughter, Paula. Narrated with warmth, humor, exceptional candor, and wisdom, this remarkable memoir is as exuberant and as full of life as its creator. Allende bares her soul while sharing her thoughts on love, marriage, motherhood, spirituality and religion, infidelity, addiction, and memory--and recounts stories of the wildly eccentric, strong-minded, and eclectic tribe she gathers around her and lovingly embraces as a new kind of family.
Industry Reviews
"...Ms.Allende...executes this epistolary memoir with the same authenticity and poetry that grace her fiction...Ms. Allende is a survivor worth reading and emulating."--Dallas Morning News
"A deeply revealing memoir . . . Allende's insight is keen, her prose polished and her language hypnotic . . . This is a book to savor."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A vibrant voice, which is at once introspective and forthright...an inspiring and thought-provoking work...The insights resonate, on page after page."--Denver Post
"A warm meditation on family and love...A book to be savored and reread."--Kirkus Reviews
"Allende's trademark magical realism is ever present...This high-spirited, emotionally packed book enables readers to get a closer look at the life of a much-loved writer."--Library Journal
"THE SUM OF OUR DAYS is terrific. It's funny, insightful, moving and filled with Allende's unique voice."--USA Today