Isabel Allende: ‘My most expensive purchase? A Tesla for my former husband. He didn’t deserve it’
The writer on unattainable studs, erotic fantasies, and why she owes her birth father nothing
Born in Peru, Isabel Allende, 82, worked as a journalist and children’s writer. In 1982, she published her first adult novel, The House of the Spirits, which became an international bestseller. Her titles have been translated into 42 languages, and include a memoir for her daughter, who died at 29. Allende’s accolades include the US presidential medal of freedom and PEN Center lifetime achievement award. Her course, Magical Storytelling, is available on BBC Maestro’s online platform. She lives in California.
When were you happiest?
When my kids were little – and now, in my old age.
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