Maya's Notebook
Published on 15. January 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-1-5266-9304-4 (ISBN)
Description
'Isabel Allende enchants in Maya's Notebook' Vanity Fair
Living on Chiloe, a beautiful remote island off the coast of Chile, might sound like paradise. For nineteen-year-old Maya, it's the only way she can stay alive.
Abandoned by her parents as a baby and raised by her grandparents in California, Maya was always a troubled child. But when her beloved grandfather dies, she spirals and runs away to Las Vegas. When she's sucked into the city's drug trade, she is almost lost forever. Found by her grandmother, Maya is sent to Chiloe with two requests: to not contact anyone she once knew, and to reflect on where everything had gone wrong.
Bored by the island's monotony, Maya begins to write down her story; but in Chiloe there are more remnants of her own history than she anticipated. What secrets does the island hold? And can she ever move on from the pain of her past?
Living on Chiloe, a beautiful remote island off the coast of Chile, might sound like paradise. For nineteen-year-old Maya, it's the only way she can stay alive.
Abandoned by her parents as a baby and raised by her grandparents in California, Maya was always a troubled child. But when her beloved grandfather dies, she spirals and runs away to Las Vegas. When she's sucked into the city's drug trade, she is almost lost forever. Found by her grandmother, Maya is sent to Chiloe with two requests: to not contact anyone she once knew, and to reflect on where everything had gone wrong.
Bored by the island's monotony, Maya begins to write down her story; but in Chiloe there are more remnants of her own history than she anticipated. What secrets does the island hold? And can she ever move on from the pain of her past?
Reviews / Votes
Allende can spin a yarn with the grace of a poet * Entertainment Weekly * Bruising and cinematically vivid ... Exerts a raw and genuine power * Los Angeles Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 132 mm
Width: 199 mm
Thickness: 46 mm
Weight
332 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5266-9304-4 (9781526693044)
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Isabel Allende
Maya's Notebook
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01/2026
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
€9.49
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Person
Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is a literary living legend and phenomenon. With 77 million books sold, she is the most-read author in the Spanish language throughout the world, and a blockbuster international bestseller of adult novels. A novelist, feminist and philanthropist, Isabel won worldwide acclaim in 1982 with her first novel, The House of the Spirits. Her work has been translated into over forty-two languages, and received the PEN Center Lifetime Achievement Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She lives in California.