2: Writer ISABEL ALLENDE (I-en-day). Her first work of non-fiction, "Paula" (Harper Collins) is now a bestseller in paperback. The book was inspired when her 28 year old daughter fell into an irreversible coma. "Paula" began as a letter to her dying daughter and turned into an autobiographical work telling of life from ALLENDE's childhood in Chile to her exile in Venezuela and her move to San Francisco. Publisher's Weekly says, "Only a writer of Allende's passion and skill could share her tragedy with her readers and leave them exhilarated and grateful." Two of Allende's previous works of fiction, "The House of Spirits" and "Of Love and Shadows", have been made into motion pictures. (ORIGINALLY BROADCAST 5
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