Violeta : a novel
(Book)

"This sweeping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century"-- Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons. From start, her life is marked by extraordinary events for the ripples of the great war are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth. Through her father prescience, the family will come through that crisis unscathed only to face a new one as the Great Depression transform the genteel city life she has known. Her family loses everything and is forced to retreat to a wild and beautiful but remote part of the country. There, she will come of age, and her suitor will come a calling. She tells her story in a form of a letter to someone she loves above all others, recounting times of devastating heartbreak and passionate affairs, poverty and wealth, terrible loss  and immense joy. Her life is shaped by some of the most important events in history; the fight for women's rights, the rise and falls of tyrants, and ultimately not one, but two pandemics. ,Provided by publisher.