#the wind knows my name

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the wind knows my name - isabel allende

no, we’re not lost. the wind knows my name. and yours too.

writing about this book was a very difficult mission. I found the story incredibly beautiful, but also VERY sad. it got to a point in the history where I could only pray to heaven that nothing bad would happen anymore (and it did).

it was my first contact with the author and with the genre, I can say that it was a great surprise, this book has become one of my favorites. the story is very well written and the characters are very endearing, I always wanted to continue to know their fate.

we begin with the story of the adlers, a jewish family residing in vienna during the nazi occupation. after a sequence of horrors, samuel adler's mother decides to send him on one of the trains that took jewish children from germany, from that, his story as an orphan of war begins.

we also met lety, a child who lived in el salvador. due to an illness, she needs to leave her village to seek treatment, she travels with her father and is hospitalized until she is well, when it comes the day to her father pick her up to return to the village, he arrives informing her that they will never return there, instead they will start a life in the united states. she never returned to el salvador.

the next character that is presented, selena duran, is a social worker who works on the magnolia project, a project focused on offering legal support to immigrants trying to enter the united states, she seeks lawyers to be volunteers in the cases of families that are separated during this process. she meets frank, a lawyer willing to work on the case of a child who is in the united states and has lost contact with his mother.

and lastly, we will meet anita, a child who was caught crossing the mexico/us border. soon they were separated and anita lost contact with her mother. she had to stay in different homes with nothing but her imagination and the hope of finding her mother again.

the stories take place in different time periods, but they all connect eventually.

although the characters are fictional, the story is not, all the characters came from a real and horrific history. the reading was very emotional, for several moments I found myself crying, it's impossible not to root for these strong and courageous characters. I was able to know certain events that I had no idea of ​​existence. anyway, I will definitely read other books by isabel allende, I loved it. 5/5 and favourite

brazilian pt review:

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[annethunderstorms]

There is a star where the people and the animals all live happily, and it's even better than heaven, because you don't have to die to go there.

Isabel Allende - The Wind Knows My Name

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[userfayne]

BOOKS READ IN JUNE 2023

#wrap up #* #planes trains and all the feels #pequena coreografia do adeus #love in the time of serial killers #the wind knows my name #love theoretically #nunca vi a chuva #aurora rising #aurora ascende

[joebloggshere]

The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende

As I’ve said before, (about The Long Petal of the Sea https://www.tumblr.com/joebloggshere/615286436448665600/a-long-petal-of-the-sea-by-isabel-allende-this ) Allende used to be one of my favourite writers and after years of her trying out different genres of writing, I for one am so thrilled that she is back telling individual’s stories against the backdrop of historical events.

I started this book and thought it was about showing us how through history, and different countries and cultures, man’s inhumanity to man knows no bounds. It is, but it is so much more as well.

Told through the voices of different refugees from Germany and El Salvador which seem to have no connections, about three quarters of the way through the novel, Allende brings these troubled souls together in a very satisfying way. I don’t usually like ‘neat’ endings but this one works, oh so well.

Highly recommend.

Courtesy of NetGalley and Bloomsbury.

#books #review #netgalley #history #isabel allende #the wind knows my name #kindertransport #el salvador

[litandroses]

ARC Review: The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende

Rating: 3 ★ of 5

Release date: June 6, 2023

I struggled with this at first. I didn’t expect that many changes in POV, and the narrators connection with each other confused me until halfway through when I began to truly piece together where the story was leading.

The Wind Knows My Name weaves past and present, showing how gravely the past events affects those who no part in it: the children. The book opens by introducing the narrators, their backstories and history as children so as the reader, we would be familiar with the whys and hows of their current state in the present. This wasn’t by any means a light read and the amount of time spent with each character felt equal; one of my favorite aspects of this book. I loved the way Allende handled the themes and the topics here - immigration and the effects of violence and war - highlighted in the different ways the characters think and view things. This was most evident for me in Anita’s chapters and her manner of coping with all she’s been through. I always wished for the best for all POV characters even when I knew the best wasn’t going to happen. Either way, Allende managed to put light in the heaviest moments in the book.

An arc was granted in exchange of an honest review. All opinions are my own. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the arc!

#book reviews #reviews #book recommendations #historical fiction #the wind knows my name #isabel allende

[judgingbooksbycovers]

The Wind Knows My Name: A Novel

By Isabel Allende.

Design by Elena Giavaldi.

#The Wind Knows My Name #Isabel Allende #botanical #animals #books #book covers #insects #butterflies #tropical

[per1w1nkl3]

k I'm reading isabel allende's the wind knows my name and tell my why the guy was gonna have sex with the girl and said something like 'if she isn't careful she's gonna end up like on of rubens' nynph' sir? are you afraid of beauty?

#hes gonna have some kind of self improvement arc #but whtv #I dont think I like him very much #isabel allende #the wind knows my name #books

[nochargebookbunch]

The Wind Knows My Name

Isabel Allende’s latest book begins with an epigraph, a quote from The Little Prince: “Here is my secret. It’s quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.” Having a good friend who is blind but sees more clearly than many of my sighted friends, the quote prepared me to read Allende’s book with a clear mind and an open heart. Allende’s…

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[sleep-nurse]

after 3 centuries i finally managed to properly redesign my dumbass sona, i was gonna initially just change their hair for a more androgynous look but then i. changed their lore a bit too

basically they volunteer for various jobs like delivering mail and milk, nursing and gardening (even though that's also their hobby)

no one knows their gender or their real name but they go by various plant/nature related names (like willow or sunflower)

#tenka willow #<- that's their full name i guess even tho willow isn't their real one #some people only know their last name (tenka) #my sona #my art #GUESS MY BIGGEST KIN RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!! /j #no but fr i. kinda fell out of himawari's design because she looked too girly for me #ever since i started questioning my gender and then came out as agender #also willow goes by any pronouns but primarily he/they #and they're an anxious wreck. his fingers turn cold and dead when they're nervous just like me fr #now when will i change my pfp? idk #also idk if they're gonna be a full robot but i'm keeping the wind-up key because i love it

[dustykneed]

poll below!! for funsies:

#star trek #star trek meme #poll #star trek fanart #star trek tos #star trek the original series #leonard mccoy #bones mccoy #spock #jim kirk #mcspirk #tos #meanwhile as i shitpost i just started a new fic in my notes. we'll see how this goes (i say knowing full well i hv never finished a fic b4 #mainly i write for my own entertainment #posting actual writing is harder for me than posting art tbh! yes i put parts of myself into everything i make #but with art theres more plausible deniability in a sense. like i know that theres people out there who would probably enjoy my writing #but man that mental hurdle is. something (hums) #but sneak peek i guess? aight #His stomach is in knots the entire long-winded diplomatic dinner. He's not really listening as Jim makes cordial conversation with some #important so-and-so whose name he can't pronounce and whose forehead-- or whose approximation of a forehead is impossibly distended and #pulsating in a way that sends alarm bells coursing through the primal caveman part of his brain and fills the #medically trained part of his brain with morbid curiousity. #thats the entire first paragraph lmao. ill bet u five bucks youll never guess what happens next (mcspirk spice. but with so many feelings.) #ooh we're at 740 words!! im trying to make the intro as short as possible because i have a horrible habit of getting distracted #mmm the power of adhd

[tough-n-dumb]

maybe a slightly unpopular/in the minority opinion but i think that if kaz and inej were to get married in the future, inej would take kaz's (real) last name. and now hear me out—

kerch is a seemingly considerably religious and conservative country, even if for just the reasons of profit and gain. but regardless, things like marriage are probably pretty by the book and in order to make a marriage legal, i would assume that it would require the tradition of a wife taking her husband's last name

of course kaz wouldn't like the idea of inej taking his last name because it implies a certain sense of ownership, especially in a country like kerch, but their relationship is not even remotely based on that at all, so inej would talk him down and say she would be honored to take his last name—his real last name—because that is a piece of him that no one else (except for maybe jesper and wylan, should he decide to tell them) gets. in a way, it is a shared last name and not just kaz's because he chose brekker and made that name his persona, versus becoming rietveld again with inej's help and love

of course, that doesn't mean that inej would suddenly use rietveld as her last name. after all, "she was not a lynx or a spider or even the wraith. she was inej ghafa." she would simply be taking rietveld as a legal necessity that is only used for official documentation, and because it signifies the progress she and the man she loves have made both individually and as a couple

so anyway thanks for coming to my ted talk. this is a hill i will absolutely die on (although honestly, not to negate this entire post, but imo kaz and inej wouldn't get married, unless in a suli ceremony. but that is a whole other post)

#this is so long winded oh my god sorry lol #i just see lots of posts saying neither would take the other's last name #and i just v much disagree based on what we know about the world #six of crows #crooked kingdom #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #kanej

[zephyrus-gremlin]

*stares at these two bosses*

Hey I could use this for a silly angst idea- [TRUCK HORN]

Wind having to fight Gohdan again (or better yet, Four gets the opportunity to help Wind in his first adventure) and the boss immediately recognizes Four.

Since the Gohdan battle is meant to be one final challenge for Wind, Four is removed from the battle field and cant do anything to help the sailor.

Leaving Wind to fight Gohdan alone. :)

#For those who dont know these bosses look/work very similarly #their only difference is name (Gohdan in WW and Mazaal in MC) #and mechanics for the head (bombs in WW and shrinking in MC) #YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!!! *torments my favorite bois* #*rings a giant bell* COME GET YOUR SOUP 🗣️‼️ #linked universe #linked universe four #lu four #linked universe wind #lu wind

[for-hireath]

You know why we're not having The doors Of Stone? Because The Waystone Inn lays in a silence of three parts, AND THE THIRD PART IS THE DEEPEST AND HEAVIEST PART.

#You know that it took 15 years to write these books #and if third book is gonna take more than 15 years #then I'm gonna dig my own grave #kvothe #The bloodless #the wise man's fear #TWMF #the name of the wind #TNOTW #patrick rothfuss #The doors of stone #the kingkiller chronicle #kingkiller chronicle #kvothe kingkiller #Kkc #Kkc3

[moeblob]

Windy at my house + power flickering = no comm work = quick laptop doodle

#my characters #i genuinely hoped the wind would die down but like ??? nah? #and the last time we lost power without an actual storm it WAS bc of wind #and so i just get so panicked over please dont fry my tablet with a power surge #if it calms down by tonight i really wanna work on art since i spent almost all day yesterday struggling with a pose and i finally #think i thought of something that could work and then (gestures to the wind) fuck me #also in regards to these two you have seen me drawing deacon a lot recently and i only drew armya once so far #she is a devoted follower to fulj which is really rare since fulj no longer has a large following nor a temple #so when fulj finds her its comforting and reassuring and she adores armya a lot #however the fact that fulj relentlessly teases deacon and calls him names is like..... ok wait would you really be mean to me if it wasnt #for her ? like would you still pick on me? :c and shes like lol yeah dude absolutely #deacon is just constantly dunked on by the lightning group and hes so sad because he wanted to be friends :c #but also the guy wouldnt really recognize the followers if it wasnt for the traces of lady fulj #so if they would wander into the city without having been possessed recently he probably wouldnt even cast a glance their way #nothing personal he just straight up doesnt decipher looks fast at all #he could think they look familiar but then not know why ESPECIALLY if they wear something he's not used to them in #like if armya showed up in something other than her loose white jacket he would not be able to go AH YES ARMYA immediately #he identifies people by hair or clothing details so it kinda messes him up if people remove whatever identifying trait they have #long hair getting a hair cut? suddenly a whole new person #and armya knows this very well since he never looked her way unless fulj was possessing her or trailing her #so she does like to tease him as just. we are both in servitude to a deity and same rank but like. bro youre too easy to mock #(fulj agrees)

[ittybittybumblebee]

i want to see exactly how many people actually have thought i am for research because ive gotten this quite a few times from different people i just wanna see how far it goes

#please understand while im not doubting so much now im not going to base off everything by peoples perceptions of my online behavior but #i feel like it does give good insight #i just always have a little hesitation in me because i feel like no one can get a full scope or honest picture of myself to Know me enough #to say that i can trust their opinion of me without knowing me enough in that sense #gahh. cuz i always feel like im doing Just Fine Enough i feel normal enough but im not guhh. #GUHHGGGHGH #it literally wouldnt change anything for me. like im autistic . ok! shrugs my shoulders. i cope i cant to anything more to help myself #than that #do u guys get it. do i have to go eat bricks or do u guys get it. my internal struggle. im like sisyphus #i cant trust other peoples opinions of my and i cant trust my own perceptions #while of course self diagnosis is a wonderful thing i dont want to put a name on myself that serves me no purpose #autism is awesome but do i deserve that title when dont feel like i own it wether i am autistic or not #im just so conflicted. #do you get it. do you get me. am i being reasonable . am i just fighting a truth about myself or are my doubts realistic. but the Evidence. #im so tired #i do not wanna b one of those tiktok girlies saying theyr hyperfixated on cooking pasta #Now do you get me #all my long winded rabbit trail rambles out of me before i finally get to my one point condensed conclusion #and now i just cant delete the rest of my tags because of all my time spent on them #enjoy my indentity crisis lol #i Might delete some of these tags later

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The Wind Knows My Name

By Isabel Allende.

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