Isabel Allende: The wind knows my name, 9780593873779, paperback, Penguin Random House,

German: Der Wind kennt meinen Namen, Suhrkamp, gebunden.

Working her magic storytelling skills, I read Isabel Allende's latest novel during the summer, one of her more outstanding books in her large body of work , this one with a very topic theme.

Two separate stories run parallel: that of Samuel Adler, a Viennese jewish boy who escapes the Nazis with the Kindertransport to England, moving to the US eventually as an adult  where his path comes in contact with that of Anita Diaz who as a minor was separated from her mother when entering the US illegally from El Salvador.  Serena Duran, a social worker, has dedicated her working life to these lost children trying to find their parents. Really well composed story with a gorgeous cover.