A Long Petal of the Sea

A Long Petal of the SeaNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home. One of the most richly imagined portrayals of the Spanish Civil War to date, and one of the strongest and most affecting works in [Isabel Allendes] long career.The New York Times Book Review NAMED ONE OF THE BEST

if not better

Booker Prize-finalist author of Cloud Atlas

as time passes

who's fresh off a journalism master's program and convinced he knows everything about public radio

how can Alexis possibly choose between her world and his

the longing to find a place in an earthly paradise

Dressed in sweats

is drawn deeper and deeper into Cordova’s eerie

and Lizbet’s own romantic uncertainty

Werner travels through the heart of the war and

“A swift

repairing the ships that will help America win the war