Maya's Journal: A Novel (Spanish Edition)

A past chasing her. A future still to be built. And a notebook to write an entire life. "I am Maya Vidal, nineteen years old, female, single, without a lover, not by choice but due to lack of opportunities, born in Berkeley, California, with an American passport, currently seeking refuge on an island in the far south of the world. They named me Maya because my Nini is drawn to India, and my parents couldn't think of another name, even though they had nine months to ponder it. In Hindi, maya means 'spell, illusion, dream'. Nothing to do with my character. Attila would suit me better, because wherever I set foot, the grass no longer grows."

"This Maya has made me suffer more than any other of my characters. In some scenes, I would have slapped her to bring her to her senses, and in others, I would have wrapped her in a tight embrace to protect her from the world and her own reckless heart." —Isabel Allende

This is a gripping novel of suspense and resilience from New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende. The story centers on Maya Vidal, a remarkable teenager abandoned by her parents. Maya grew up in a sprawling 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 spirals out of control. Along with a circle of friends known as "the vampires," she turns to drugs, alcohol, and petty crime, which eventually leads her 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.

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