The Sum of Our Days: A Memoir - Couverture souple

“THE SUM OF OUR DAYS is terrific. It’s funny, insightful, moving and filled with Allende’s unique voice.” (USA Today)

“...Ms.Allende...executes this epistolary memoir with the same authenticity and poetry that grace her fiction...Ms. Allende is a survivor worth reading and emulating.” (Dallas Morning News)

“A vibrant voice, which is at once introspective and forthright...an inspiring and thought-provoking work...The insights resonate, on page after page.” (Denver Post)

“Allende’s THE SUM OF OUR DAYS adds up to an exuberant love letter―not only to her daughter, but to her tribe and anyone lucky enough to belong to one.” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

“A powerful memoir” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

“A deeply revealing memoir . . . Allende’s insight is keen, her prose polished and her language hypnotic . . . This is a book to savor.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

“A warm meditation on family and love...A book to be savored and reread.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“Allende’s trademark magical realism is ever present...This high-spirited, emotionally packed book enables readers to get a closer look at the life of a much-loved writer.” (Library Journal)

“Allende is a genius.” (Los Angeles Times Book Review)