Daughter of Fortune
Isabel Allende's novel follows a young Chilean woman who stows away to Gold Rush California in search of her lover.
Isabel Allende’s sweeping novel begins in Valparaíso, Chile, where Eliza Sommers is raised by a proper English family. When she falls in love with a poor young man who leaves for the California Gold Rush of 1849, Eliza stows away to follow him, disguising herself and reinventing her life in the chaotic, dangerous world of the mining camps. It is a rich tale of adventure and self-discovery.
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