The Soul of a Woman

By: Isabel Allende

Narrated by: Gisela Chipe

Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

From the New York Times best-selling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes “a bold exploration of womanhood, feminism, parenting, aging, love and more” (Associated Press).

“The Soul of a Woman is Isabel Allende’s most liberating book yet.” (Elle)

“When I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating,” begins Isabel Allende. As a child, she watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three small children without “resources or voice.” Isabel became a fierce and defiant little girl, determined to fight for the life her mother couldn’t have.

As a young woman coming of age in the late 1960s, she rode the second wave of feminism. Among a tribe of like-minded female journalists, Allende for the first time felt comfortable in her own skin, as they wrote “with a knife between our teeth” about women’s issues. She has seen what the movement has accomplished in the course of her lifetime. And over the course of three passionate marriages, she has learned how to grow as a woman while having a partner, when to step away, and the rewards of embracing one’s sexuality.

So what feeds the soul of feminists - and all women - today? To be safe, to be valued, to live in peace, to have their own resources, to be connected, to have control over our bodies and lives, and above all, to be loved. On all these fronts, there is much work yet to be done, and this book, Allende hopes, will “light the torches of our daughters and granddaughters with mine. They will have to live for us, as we lived for our mothers, and carry on with the work still left to be finished.

©2021 Isabel Allende (P)2021 Random House Audio

Part Memoir & part reflections on life & womanhood

Isabel Allende has written a book which is part memoir on how she became a feminist at 6, and part reflections on life, being a woman, a mother, daughter and grandmother, wife, ex-wife, feminism, aging, covid19, among other intimate and personal reflections. A joy to read.

must read. Empowering, raw, funny, hard. fantastic

I felt as though I was listening to the author in a soliloquy that shows who she is, as she took us on a journey from the Isabel from the the "House of the Spirits" time all the way to who she is now

The woman saw

Very enjoyable book I learned a lot recommend you will enjoy Gradebook I will read it over and over again

Stunningly written

I felt everything little bit of it! Thanks to Allende for this amazing book! Gracias

Must read!!!!!

Everyone should read this book. Especially women who have grown complacent but also young men who are still forming their view of the world

I could enjoy it more in Spanish

Me hubiera gustado mas la version en Español y narrada por Isabel. Buen libro como todos los que he leído. Me fascinó la información acerca de la marihuana.🤣🤣🤣

Isabel Allende mejor que nunca

Me encantó, sacudió mi íntimo ser y en mucho me identifiqué con ella a pesar de haber tenido experiencia de vida muy distinta

Gisela Chipe is an outstanding narrator.

Isabel Allende is an amazing author. This book is for everyone who needs to know about women.

Always Great!

Isabel Allende, a soul who doesn't hide, who share her life experiences with a passion and acceptance. A book every woman needs to listen! Love it!

Enchanting and wise. Modern and fun but also timeless

Would have been nice to not read about all the bad stuff happening to women across the globe throughout time but she’s right, so. Yeah.