Iconic author Isabel Allende returns with "Violeta," a sweeping story tracing the life of one woman through all her unexpected ups and downs. Violeta is born amidst the Spanish flu outbreak in 1920, and that chaotic entry sets the tone for the rest of her life. Only a few years later, the Great Depression sends her well-to-do family into a retreat to a remote area where Violeta comes of age and experiences her first love. Over the next several decades, her personal story entwines with the major events of history, from political upheavals to a full-circle experience of yet another deadly pandemic.