Book 46 - Portrait in Sepia

Title: Portrait in Sepia
Author: Isabel Allende
Pages: 304
Grade: B

Summary: (From the back of the book, typed by my loving, caring hands)

In nineteenth-century Chile, Aurora del Valle suffers a brutal trauma that erases all recollections of the first five years of her life. Raised by her regal and ambitious grandmother Paulina del Valle, Aurora grows up in a privileged environment, but is tormented by horrible nightmares. When she is forced to recognize her betrayal at the hands of the man she loves, and to cope with the resulting solitude, she explores the mystery of her past.

My thoughts: The summary built it up for me as something it wasn't, but in the end I still liked the read. The writing style was something I really appreciated. As well as use of the title to portray the way we see memories. Very little to give this time but I shall leave with the end quote that I think captures this novel effectively.

"Each of us chooses the tone for telling his or her own story; I would like to choose the durable clarity of a platinum print, but nothing in my destiny possesses that luminosity. I live among diffuse shadings, veiled mysteries, uncertainties; the tone for telling my life is closer to that of a portrait in sepia."

Up Next: Either The Locket, something of a fantasy nature that I already own...or I'll hold out for that silly book that's supposedly 'leaked' and comes out on the 21st.