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The wind knows my name : a novel / Isabel Allende ; translated from the Spanish by Frances Riddle.

Allende, Isabel, (author.). Riddle, Frances, (translator.).

Summary:

"This powerful and moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea weaves together past and present, tracing the ripple effects of war and immigration on one child in Europe in 1938 and another in the United States in 2019. Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler was six years old when his father disappeared during Kristallnacht-the night their family lost everything. Samuel's mother secured a spot for him on the last Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to the United Kingdom, which he boarded alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin. Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Diaz, a blind seven-year-old girl, and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. However, their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination she created with her sister back home. Anita's case is assigned to Selena Duran, a young social worker who enlists the help of a promising lawyer from one of San Francisco's top law firms. Together they discover that Anita has another family member in the United States: Leticia Cordero, who is employed at the home of now eighty-six-year-old Samuel Adler, linking these two lives. Spanning time and place, The Wind Knows My Name is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers-and never stop dreaming"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593598108
  • ISBN: 0593598105
  • Physical Description: 260 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition
  • Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2023]
Subject:
Emigration and immigration > Fiction.
Kindertransports (Rescue operations) > Great Britain > Fiction.
Noncitizen detention centers > Fiction.
Refugees > Fiction.
War and families > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Evacuation of civilians > Austria > Fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 103 of 109 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 109 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Old Fort Branch Library FIC ALL (Text) 37810435662290 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/07/2026
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library F ALLENDE (Text) 39493110092782 Adult Fiction Available -
Alexander Main Library F Allende (Text) 34269001396127 Adult Fiction Available -
Andrews Public Library F ALL (Text) 80605003679668 Adult Fiction Available -
Ashe County Public Library F ALL (Text) 50503300480284 Adult Fiction Available -
Beaufort Main F ALLEN (Text) 34208900187658 Adult Fiction Available -
Benhaven Public Library F All (Text) 33630005191726 Adult Fiction Available -
Black Mountain Library F ALL (Text) 0020660079276 Adult Fiction Available -
Bogue Banks F ALLEN (Text) 34208900187641 Adult Fiction Available -
Bordeaux Library F ALLENDE (Text) 31781067614790 Adult Fiction Available -

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