Portrait in SepiaA Novel

Set in nineteenth century Chile, PORTRAIT IN SEPIA is a marvelous family saga with characters from DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE and THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS, two of Isabel Allendes most celebrated novels. Aurora del Valle, suffers a brutal trauma that erases all recollections of the first five years of her life. Raised by her regal and ambitious grandmother, Paulina del Valle, she grows up in a privileged environment, free of the limitations that circumscribe the lives of women at that time, but tormented by horrible nightmares. When she is forced to recognize her betrayal at the hands of the man she loves, and to cope with the resulting solitude, she explores the mystery of her past.