The separation of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border has always caused Isabel Allende pain: When she saw it during the Trump administration, her first impulse was to help reunify children and parents through her foundation
For Allende, 80, the separation of children from their parentsevoked similarly wrenching historical moments, such as when children of enslaved or Indigenous families were wrest from their parents.
The original idea was to write a novel based on Juliana, a 7-year-old blind girl. Allende learned of Juliana through the Isabel Allende Foundation, which empowers women and girls and financially supports groups working on the border with Mexico. The result of these interwoven stories was “The Wind Knows My Name,” a 346-page novel in which Anita Díaz’s character is based on Juliana, and the character of Samuel Adler represents one of those thousands of Jewish children.
“When I write fiction, I don’t try to give a message or preach anything,” explained Allende, who has lived in California for decades and has described herself as an eternal foreigner. “I want to tell a story that I’m passionate about, that I care a lot about, and that’s what I write.”
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