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The witch of Portobello

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Paulo Coelho, one of the world's best loved storytellers, is back with a riveting new novel set in London. This is the story of Athena, or Sherine, to give her the name she was baptised with.

Her life is pieced together through a series of recorded interviews with those people who knew her well or hardly at all -- parents, colleagues, teachers, friends, acquaintances, her ex-husband. The novel unravels Athena's mysterious beginnings, via an orphanage in Romania, to a childhood in Beirut.

When war breaks out, her adoptive family move with her to London, where a dramatic turn of events occurs! Athena, who has been dubbed 'the Witch of Portobello' for her seeming powers of prophecy, disappears dramatically, leaving those who knew her to solve the mystery of her life and abrupt departure. Like The Alchemist, The Witch of Portobello is the kind of story that will transform the way readers think about love, passion, joy and sacrifice.

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HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
0007260288 / 9780007260287
CD-Audio
869.342
08/05/2007
United Kingdom
English
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/ Key title Paulo Coelho, one of the world's best loved storytellers, is back with a riveting new novel set in London. / Paulo Coelho is one of the most beloved storytellers of our times. His books have sold more than 75 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 62 languages. / HarperCollins has sold more than 3 million books by Paulo in the UK alone. / To be supported with a major nationwide consumer campaign across print, outdoor media and online. Online activity will focus on Paulo's core fan base at www.paulocoelho.co.uk, online promotions and third party partnership activity
/ Key title Paulo Coelho, one of the world's best loved storytellers, is back with a riveting new novel set in London. / Paulo Coelho is one of the most beloved storytellers of our times. His books have sold more than 75 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 62 languages. / HarperCollins has sold more than 3 million books by Paulo in the UK alone. / To be supported with a major nationwide consumer campaign across print, outdoor media and online. Online activity will focus on Paulo's core fan base at www.paulocoelho.co.uk, online promotions and third party partnership activity FA Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)