![]() ![]() When they finally met, she asked him what his intentions were over lunch. ![]() He wrote to her every morning and every evening for five months. In a case of life imitating art, Allende was contacted by a man who had heard her on the radio – and disagreed with what she had to say. "In the Midst of Winter" depicts a late-life love affair between two academics in their 60s. Most recently, some of that fun began after another public radio interview. “I want to relax and have fun, for God’s sake.” But after all that hard work: “I’m 75 years old,” she said. ![]() This book is her 23rd, spanning a 50-year history. She brought that sense of humor back to Seattle for a conversation with Bill Radke following the publication of her latest book, "In the Midst of Winter." I looked like an extra in the Cirque du Soleil,” she laughed. It looked like a butterfly, she lovingly remembered, and she flew all the way back to the city to try it on. Isabel Allende’s history with Seattle began with a dress. ![]()
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