num_pages: 304
description: A sequel to Daughter of Fortune, New York Times bestselling author, Isabel Allende, continues her magic with this spellbinding family saga set against war and economic hardship.Aurora del Valle suffers a brutal trauma that erases from her mind all recollection of the first five years of her life. Raised by her ambitious grandmother, the regal and commanding 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 decides to explore the mystery of her past.Portrait in Sepia is an extraordinary achievement: richly detailed, epic in scope, intimate in its probing of human character, and thrilling in the way it illuminates the complexity of family ties. 
language: English
title: Portrait in Sepia
titlecomplete: Portrait in Sepia
characters: Tao Chi'en, Nivea del Valle, Paulina del Valle, Eliza Sommers, Lynn Sommers, Aurora del Valle, Severo del Valle
genres: Spanish Literature, Historical, Historical Fiction, Novels, Literature, Latin American, Romance, Fiction, Latin American Literature, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 38266
places: Chile
series: Involuntary trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Premio Valle-Inclán
category: Margaret Sayers Peden
publisher: Harper Perennial