SOLD OUT! Bookshop Santa Cruz presents: Isabel Allende | MY NAME IS EMILIA DEL VALLE

ABOUT THE EVENT + TICKETS:

• This in-person event will include a 1-hour discussion plus audience Q&A. Please note that Ms. Allende is unable to sign books at this time, and there will not be a book signing at the event.

• Each ticket costs $38 and includes the event experience + 1 complimentary hardcover English edition of the book, distributed at the event. If you do not wish for your included book, we are happy to donate it on your behalf to our library partners.

• We understand that some readers prefer the Spanish edition of MY NAME IS EMILIA DEL VALLE; unfortunately, the Spanish edition is not scheduled for publication until the end of May—after our event—and the publisher has declined to allow us to release copies early or offer vouchers for later pickup. For this reason, all ticket bundles will include the English edition of the book. Thank you for understanding.

• Doors open an hour before showtime. Event is open seating.

• Books uncollected at the event will be held for pickup at Bookshop Santa Cruz for two months, after which they will be released for donation.

• Tickets are final sale and do not qualify for Readers Club credit.

• This event is cosponsored by the Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas and The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz. 

Thank you! We can't wait to see you at the event!

ABOUT THE BOOK + AUTHOR:

In this spellbinding historical novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea and The House of the Spirits, a young writer journeys to South America to uncover the truth about her father—and herself.

In San Francisco in 1866, an Irish nun, abandoned following a torrid relationship with a Chilean aristocrat, gives birth to a daughter named Emilia del Valle. Raised by a loving stepfather, Emilia grows into an independent thinker and a self-sufficient young woman. To pursue her passion for writing, she is willing to defy societal norms. At the age of seventeen, she begins to publish pulp fiction using a man's pen name. When these fictional worlds can no longer satisfy her sense of adventure, she turns to journalism, convincing an editor at The Daily Examiner to hire her. There she is paired with another talented reporter, Eric Whelan.

As she proves herself, her restlessness returns, until an opportunity arises to cover a brewing civil war in Chile. She seizes it, as does Eric, and while there, she meets her estranged father and delves into the violent confrontation in the country where her roots lie. As she and Eric discover love, the war escalates and Emilia finds herself in extreme danger, fearing for her life and questioning her identity and her destiny.

A riveting tale of self-discovery and love from one of the most masterful storytellers of our time, My Name Is Emilia del Valle introduces a character who will never let hold of your heart.

Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the author of a number of bestselling and critically acclaimed books, including The Wind Knows My Name, Violeta, A Long Petal of the Sea, The House of the Spirits, Of Love and Shadows, Eva Luna, and Paula. Her books have been translated into more than forty-two languages and have sold more than eighty million copies worldwide. She lives in California.