Isabel Allende El Cuaderno de Maya / Maya's Journal

Un pasado persigui ndola. Un futuro a n por construir. Y un cuaderno para escribir toda una vida. "Soy Maya Vidal, diecinueve a os, sexo femenino, soltera, sin un enamorado, por falta de oportunidades y no por quisquillosa, nacida en Berkeley, California, pasaporte estadounidense, temporalmente refugiada en una isla al sur del mundo. Me pusieron Maya porque a mi Nini le atrae la India y a mis padres no se les ocurri otro nombre, aunque tuvieron nueve meses para pensarlo. En hindi, maya significa 'hechizo, ilusi n, sue o'. Nada que ver con mi car cter. Atila me calzar a mejor, porque donde pongo el pie no sale m s pasto". "Esta Maya me ha hecho sufrir m s que ning n otro de mis personajes. En algunas escenas le habr a dado unas cachetadas para hacerla entrar en raz n, y en otras la habr a envuelto en un apretado abrazo para protegerla del mundo y de su propio coraz n atolondrado". --Isabel Allende ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A startling novel of suspense and resilience from New York Times bestselling author of T he House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende. This contemporary coming-of-age story centers upon Maya Vidal, a remarkable teenager abandoned by her parents. Maya grew up in a rambling old house in Berkeley with her grandmother Nini, whose formidable strength helped her build a new life after emigrating from Chile in 1973 with a young son, and her grandfather Popo, a gentle African-American astronomer. When Popo dies, Maya goes off the rails. Along with a circle of girlfriends known as the vampires, she turns to drugs, alcohol, and petty crime-a downward spiral that eventually leads to Las Vegas and a dangerous underworld, with Maya caught between warring forces: a gang of assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol. Her one chance for survival is Nini, who helps her escape to a remote island off the coast of Chile. In the care of her grandmother's old friend, Manuel Arias, and surrounded by strange new acquaintances, Maya begins to record her story in her notebook, as she tries to make sense of her past and unravel the mysteries of her family and her own life.