The House of the Spirits

Very, very, very good book. I'm a sucker for magical realist inter generational family dramas, and this didn't disappoint.

The section on the end of the Chilean coup was so heartbreaking.

Be warned of a lot of sexual violence. I ended up skipping the last chapter because it describes the torture and rape of one of the main characters. Important and realistic as it was, I couldn't stomach it.