Journal Entry 1 by catsalive from Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, November 27, 2011

Amazon Book Description
Isabel Allende evokes the magnificent landscapes of her country; a charming, idiosyncratic Chilean people with a violent history and an indomitable spirit, and the politics, religion, myth, and magic of her homeland that she carries with her even today.

The book circles around two life-changing moments. The assassination of her uncle Salvador Allende Gossens on September 11, 1973, sent her into exile and transformed her into a literary writer. And the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on her adopted homeland, the United States, brought forth an overdue acknowledgment that Allende had indeed left home. My Invented Country, mimicking the workings of memory itself, ranges back and forth across that distance between past and present lives. It speaks compellingly to immigrants and to all of us who try to retain a coherent inner life in a world full of contradictions.
 

Journal Entry 2 by catsalive at Pyrmont Community Centre Book Exchange in Pyrmont, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Released 5 mos ago (12/6/2011 UTC) at Pyrmont Community Centre Book Exchange in Pyrmont, New South Wales Australia

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Left over from lunch in the pub. 

Journal Entry 3 by AnonymousFriend at Pyrmont, New South Wales Australia on Saturday, February 25, 2012