The Sum of Our Days audiobook

Update -- my 'favorite' non-fiction Isabell Allende is on sale today for $1.99 as a kindle download --Ha....I bought it myself! I 'use' to own a physical copy --but I gave it away --Now I'm happy to own the ebook copy myself. (a keeper! I could easily re-read this gem) Even if.......you are not a fan of Isabell Allende's fiction books (can't understand way) -- lol --but even if not -- this is the BEST little human-story!!!! Or maybe --its just me -- (I love it) -- and simply wanted to share its a great price today --for those who are interested -and haven't read it!If you have grandkids -you'll especially be charmed! What? I never wrote a review of this book? WOW!!!! I must have been crazy --or not a GR's member yet!I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book! I wish I owned a copy of it!!!! Damn--I need to get myself a copy of this book!!!I bought it for my sister after I read it. I wanted to invite Isabel Allende over for dinner when I was done reading --I wanted to be part of her tribe of friends!I fell in love with Isabel -and her family!I STILL talk about funny parts of this book....(when her husband wrote a book), Isabel went to a party one night and a dentist asked what she did for a living. Isabel wanted to lie to him, but told him the truth. He said...."Really, a writer, huh", well, I'm going to write a book when I retire". I was dying laughing when she told the guy she was going to PULL TEETH when she retired. Later that night --the conversation she has in the car with her husband driving home is sooooooooooo funny! Many wonderful 'personal stories' in this memoir. I'm not even a huge memoir fan! But this one was soooooooooooooooo much fun --so warm --so CRAZY GREAT!I'm only sharing about this book today ---because another GOODREADS FRIEND had 'marked' it to read. I got excited for her!

Me ha encantado conocer parte de la vida de esta autora tan especial, a través de "Paula" y "La suma de los días".Al tratarse de una biografía, el ritmo no puede ser trepidante, aunque se trata de una cosa bastante interesante a la que le falta poco que añadir. Son continúas las sonrisas que desata, las emociones e, incluso, las carcajadas. Siempre recomendable .

Isabel Allende's books are treats I only indulge in occasionally because there are only so many of them and she's 74 (that worries me.) Still, I don't know why it took me so long to pick this up, it was released 10 years ago. It's wonderful, right up there with The House of the Spirits and Paula. We've had The Japanese Lover in fiction recently, but come on, Isabel, we need to know what happened after 2006. Another memoir, please?

This is a sweet and absorbing compendium of the goings-on in Allende's family in the years since her daughter's death. Though it recounts heartaches and sadnesses, the overall tone is wry and upbeat. It's really just a tale of life in a kooky but loving extended family, with emotions and ups-and-downs that a lot of us can relate to--not the specific events, of course, but the general feelings. Not that many of us take regular trips to the Amazon or India, have a daughter-in-law come out of the closet after 3 children and move in with your stepson's fiance, or go on a four-day drug-induced hallucination. But the desire to create a family circle, the daily irritations of marriage, the grief that sneaks up on you, the sorrow of not being able to remove others' pain, these common emotions are what draw you in to this very personal work. Allende is open with her grief and fear, and self-deprecating with her humor.Having heard her read from the book when it came out made a big difference in how I read. I would have enjoyed it anyway, but more of the dry sense of humor came through when I imagined it in her voice, much the same way as I experience reading David Sedaris. (I can't believe I'm comparing Isabel Allende to David Sedaris, but there it is.) At any rate, it is a pleasant and absorbing read, whether or not you have read any of her novels (though you may have a better sense of her if you've read some of her other work).

Io amo sempre la Allende quindi la recensione di questo libro è anche e molto dettata da un gusto persona e una sorta di affetto per questa autrice calda, coinvolgente, che porta il realismo magico nella dimensione contemporanea.Questo libro è una raccolta di istantanee della vita dell’autrice, scritto come una lunga lettera alla figlia defunta Paula (se non avete letto l’omonimo libro, fatelo. Ma piangerete, vi avviso.).Momenti significativi dove emerge chiarissimo non solo il modo potente, incantato e passionale di attraversare la vita da parte della Allende, ma che presenta una schiera di vicende e persone reali tanto incredibili e vividamente descritte da sembrare romanzo.In tutto questo emerge forte un senso di fatalità, fiducia, forza nel navigare la vita e il destino.