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The heroine of the novel Aurora del Bayi suffers a severe psychological shock that erases the memories of the first five years of her life, and when she finds herself forced to face isolation and the betrayal of the man she loved, she decides to seek to discover the secrets of her past. Aurora is one of those brave women whom Isabel Allende excelled at writing about in her novels "Daughter of Fortune" and "House of the Spirits." Isabel Allende, who was born in Peru and grew up in Chile, is the author of best-selling and critically acclaimed novels such as "House of the Spirits" and "Paula." More than 70 million copies of her novels have been sold worldwide.