THE WIND KNOWS MY NAME

u003cbu003eTHE POWERFUL AND MOVING NEW NOVEL FROM LITERARY LEGEND ISABEL ALLENDEu003c/bu003ePRAISE FOR THE AUTHORu003cbu003e'A grand storyteller'u003c/bu003e - KHALED HOSSEINIu003cbu003e'A new novel by Isabel Allende is always a treat'u003c/bu003e - u003ciu003eDAILY MAILu003c/iu003eu003cbu003e'u003c/bu003eu003cbu003eWhat a joy it must be to come uponu003c/bu003e u003cbu003eAllende for the first time'u003c/bu003e - COLUM MCCANNu003ciu003eu003cbu003eNo, we're not lost.u003c/bu003eu003c/iu003eu003ciu003eu003cbu003eThe wind knows my name.u003c/bu003eu003c/iu003eu003ciu003eu003cbu003eAnd yours too.u003c/bu003eu003c/iu003eu003ciu003eVienna, 1938.u003c/iu003e Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht -- the night their family loses everything. As her child's safety seems ever harder to guarantee, Samuel's mother secures a spot for him on the last Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin. u003ciu003eArizona, 2019.u003c/iu003e Eight decades later, Anita Diaz and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. But their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes her tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination. Meanwhile, Selena Duran, a young social worker, enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down Anita's mother. Intertwining past and present, u003ciu003eThe Wind Knows My Nameu003c/iu003e tells the tale of these two unforgettable characters, both in search of family and home. It is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make, and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers -- and never stop dreaming.