The Witch Of Potobello — Paulo Coelho

From one of the world s best loved storytellers Paulo Coelho comes a riveting novel tracing the mysterious life and disappearance of Athena dubbed the Witch of Portobello which was a top ten Sunday Times bestseller in hardback 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 Yayınevi HARPER COLLINS Yazar PAULO COELHO Dil İNGİLİZCE Sayfa Sayısı 346 SAYFA Yıl 2008

Fromone of theworld sbestlovedstorytellers PauloCoelho comes a rivetingnoveltracingthemysterious life anddisappearance of Athena dubbed theWitch of Portobello whichwas a top ten Sunday Times bestseller in hardback This is thestory of Athena orSherine togive her the name shewasbaptisedwith Her life is piecedtogetherthrough a series of recordedinterviewswiththosepeoplewhoknew her wellorhardly at all parents colleagues teachers friends acquaintances her ex husband ThenovelunravelsAthena smysteriousbeginnings via an orphanage in Romania to a childhood in Beirut Whenwarbreaksout her adoptivefamilymovewith her toLondon where a dramaticturn of eventsoccurs Athena who has beendubbed theWitch of Portobello for her seemingpowers of prophecy disappearsdramatically leavingthosewhoknew her tosolvethemystery of her life andabruptdeparture LikeTheAlchemist TheWitch of Portobello is thekind of storythatwilltransformthewayreadersthinkaboutlove passion joyandsacrifice

How do we find the courage to always be true to ourselves even if we are unsure of whom we are That is the central question of international bestselling author Paulo Coelho s profound new work The Witch of Portobello It is the story of a mysterious woman named Athena told by the many who knew her well or hardly at all 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

From one of the world s best loved storytellers Paulo Coelho comes a riveting novel tracing the mysterious life and disappearance of Athena dubbed the Witch of Portobello which was a top ten Sunday Times bestseller in hardback 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