In December 1991, Allende\'s daughter Paula, aged 26, fell gravely ill and sank into a coma.
This book was written during the interminable hours the novelist Isabel Allende spent in the corridors of a Madrid hospital, in her hotel room and beside her daughter Paula\'s bed during the summer.
This book started as a letter to Paula written during the hours spent at her bedside, and became a personal memoir and a testament to the ties that bind families - a brave, enlightening, inspiring true story.
In December 1991, Allende\'s daughter Paula, aged 26, fell gravely ill and sank into a coma