Eliza, an orphan raised in Valparaiso, Chili, follows her lover to California during the Gold Rush that began in 1849. There she creates an unconventional, but independent life, as she searches for her elusive lover. By the time she hears news of him, she is no longer as anxious as she once was and she finds she must decide who her true love really is.
year: 1999, 2006, 2000, 2001
call number/section: 1000
subjects: love stories, historical fiction, love, fiction, chile, fiction, california, romance fiction, historical fiction
Editions
Allende, Isabel
HarperCollins (1999)
Eliza Sommers, left alone and pregnant in Chile when her lover Joaquin runs off to California during the Gold Rush, decides to follow him only to become entranced with her new life of freedom and independence.
Schools: 15
Allende, Isabel
Harper Perennial (2006)
Eliza, an orphan raised in Valparaiso, Chili, follows her lover to California during the Gold Rush that began in 1849. There she creates an unconventional, but independent life, as she searches for her elusive lover. By the time she hears news of him, she is no longer as anxious as she once was and she finds she must decide who her true love really is.
Schools: 0
Allende, Isabel
Perennial (2000)
Eliza Sommers, left alone and pregnant in Chile when her lover Joaquin runs off to California during the Gold Rush, decides to follow him only to become entranced with her new life of freedom and independence.
Schools: 1
Allende, Isabel
HarperTorch (2001)
Eliza Sommers, a Chilean orphan raised in a victorian home, follows her lover to California during the dangerous Gold Rush of 1849 and discovers a new life of freedom.
Schools: 2
Allende, Isabel
Eliza Sommers, left alone and pregnant in Chile when her lover Joaquin runs off to California during the Gold Rush, decides to follow him only to become entranced with her new life of freedom and independence.
Schools: 1