Isabel Allende introduces her new book with the famous phrase of Albert Camus: “In the middle of winter, I finally realized that an indestructible summer lives within me.” This determines the emotional geography of the plot, woven from the relationships of the novel’s characters. These completely different people met in New York in the cold winter of their lives: an elderly Chilean woman, a girl from Guatemala living illegally in the United States, and an elderly American university professor. All three find themselves in a terrible snowstorm, and fate makes them realize that on the other side of winter there is a place for unexpected love and an invincible summer that life reveals to you when you least expect it. “The Other Side of Winter” is one of the most personal stories of Isabel Allende: an incredibly relevant work, covering the real problems of modern America, shown through the destinies of people who are not abandoned by the hope of love and the fact that they can start life over again.