Island Beneath the Sea

Összefoglaló

It is 1770 and Tété, born into slavery on the Caribbean island of Saint-Domingue, has survived a childhood of brutality and fear. When ambitious plantation owner Toulouse Valmorain arrives on the island, he purchases young Tété to serve his bride. But bloody revolution soon arrives at the plantation gates, and they must flee the threatening chaos of the colony that will become Haiti for the raucous, free-wheeling enterprise of New Orleans. There, Tété finally has the chance to forge a new life, but only if she can sever the ties that bind her to Valmorain. A dazzling piece of storytelling, Isabel Allende's new novel is the riveting tale of one unforgettable woman's determination to find love amid loss, and to claim her. own destiny against impossible odds.