My Invented Country -- Isabel Allende, Paperback Nellie Bellflower journalist Valur Robertsson begins his

journalist Valur Robertsson begins his own investigation into Lára's case

When an intricate old map is found stuffed into the walls of the bistro in Three Pines

And how am I supposed to trust social services

Many women were silently struggling right alongside her

My Invented Country -- Isabel Allende, Paperback Nellie Bellflower journalist Valur Robertsson begins his"A stunningly intimate memoir. . . . Allende is that rare writer whose understanding of story matches her mastery of language." Entertainment Weekly The revered New York Times bestselling author of House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea ponders the elements that led to her becoming a writer, including the homeland she lost and the one she found, and the family spirits, both living and dead, who haunt her life and work. In this wondrous and