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Daughter of fortune / a novel Isabel Allende ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden.

Allende, Isabel. (Author).

Summary:

A Chilean woman searches for her lover in the goldfields of 1840s California. Arriving as a stowaway, Eliza finances her search with various jobs, including playing the piano in a brothel.

Record details

  • ISBN: 006019491X
  • ISBN: 9780060194918
  • Physical Description: viii, 399 pages : map ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, [1999]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Series title and numeration from FantasticFiction.
Formatted Contents Note:
1843-1848 -- Eliza -- The English -- Senoritas -- A Ruined Reputation -- Suitors -- Miss Rose -- Love -- 1848-1849 -- The News -- The Farewell -- Fourth Son -- Tao Chi'en -- The Voyage -- The Argonauts -- The Secret -- 1850-1853 -- El Dorado -- Business Dealings -- Soiled Doves -- Disillusion -- Singsong Girls -- Joaquin -- An Unusual Pair -- .
Subject: Pregnant women > Fiction.
Single women > Fiction.
Chilean Americans > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
California > Gold discoveries > Fiction.
Gold mines and mining > California > Fiction.
California > History > 1846-1850 > Fiction.
California > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction.
Genre: Action and adventure fiction.
Romance fiction.

Available copies

  • 19 of 20 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Umatilla County Public Libraries.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Adams Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 20 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Adams Public Library AF Allende (Text) 37810000014653 Adult Fiction Available -
Umatilla Public Library F All (Text) 37882000043214 Adult Fiction Available -
Weston Public Library F ALL (Text) 37886000054675 Adult Fiction Available -

Summary: A Chilean woman searches for her lover in the goldfields of 1840s California. Arriving as a stowaway, Eliza finances her search with various jobs, including playing the piano in a brothel.

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