Love Isabel Allende stories. It's easy to read and it helps my students to learn more about the spanish language, and about the culture and history of Latin American countries.
I had to read this book for an English course - I was only about a quarter of the way through before the semester ended, but I made sure to finish it. The story is very extensive and has a great amount of history within it but also some magical realism. There are hard parts to swallow as it can be graphic at times, but it is only ever in a matter of fact way and just completely honest. House of Spirits is a great read about the struggle of women and life in other cultures.
