The release date for the English version of 'The Soul of a Woman' by
Isabel Allende is Mar 2021. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
As seen from the
Times of New York
Bestseller writer of
An Extended Sea Petal
emerges an ardent and motivational contemplation on the essence of femininity.
Isabel Allende starts off by saying, "I am not exaggerating when I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten." She was up seeing her mother, who had been left by her husband, raise her three young children without "resources or voice." Isabel grew into a strong and rebellious little child who was resolved to stand up for the life her mother was denied.
Having grown up during the late 1960s, she experienced the first wave of feminism. She felt at ease in her own skin among a group of like-minded female journalists, writing on women's problems "with a knife between their teeth" for the first time. Throughout her life, she has seen the progress made by the movement. She has also discovered how to develop as a woman with a partner, when to give up, and the benefits of accepting one's sexuality via the course of three passionate marriages.
What then do women desire? above all, to be loved. They should also have their own resources, be connected, feel protected, respected, live in peace, and have authority over their bodies and lives. There is much work ahead of us on all these fronts, and Allende hopes that her book will help "light the torch of our daughters and granddaughters with mine." They will have to continue the unfinished business by living for us, just as we did for our moms."