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Rent Portrait in Sepia
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Format: Quality Paperback, Paperback, Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published: Nov 2002
Genre: Fiction - Literary
Retail Price: $13.95
Pages: 320
Synopsis
In this sequel to DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE, Aurora del Valle, who belongs to a large and colorful Chilean family, looks back on the 30 years of her life and the events leading up to her birth, covering the years 1862 to 1910. In the process she provides a history of her family--including her beautiful mother, her Chinese grandfather, and her eccentric and obese grandmother Paulina.
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