Isabel Allende

What a way to start the new series! So much about this very special conversation with the literary legend that is Isabel Allende will stay with me - from her meeting with Barack Obama (he's ‘adorable’ apparently) to the terrible grief she experienced after her daughter's death, to the incredible archive of letters she has acquired from writing to her mother every day, finding love in her 70s, and what it was like living and working as a journalist in Chile during the Pinochet coup. We spoke at her hotel in Soho as she was promoting her brilliant new book A Long Petal of the Sea and it was just the most incredible experience. Twitter: @aliceazania / @isabelallende Instagram: @aliceazania / allendeisabel Buy the book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Long-Petal-Sea-Isabel-Allende/dp/1526615908 Edited by Chelsey Moore

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The Sunday Salon is a podcast celebrating brilliant books and the women who write them, hosted by journalist Alice-Azania Jarvis. Each week she chats to an inspiring female author about her work, her career, how she writes, what she reads and everything in between. This is not some academic textual analysis – it’s about finding the stories behind the stories. Tune in each Sunday to hear from guests including Isabel Allende, Jessie Burton, Holly Bourne, Diana Evans, Elizabeth Day, Nimco Ali and Sophie Kinsella. Edited by Chelsey Moore.