Book guide
Portrait in Sepia
Aurora del Valle digs through memory, family secrets and Chile’s violent past to recover the truth of who she is.
GenresHistoricalLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalBetrayalHistoricalWar storyHistoricalFamily sagaLiterarySelf-discoveryLiteraryFamily secretsLiteraryFamily sagaLiteraryMemory loss
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About Portrait in Sepia
As a young girl, Aurora del Valle suffered a brutal trauma that has shaped her character and erased from her mind all recollection of the first five years of her life. When she finds herself alone at the end of an unhappy love affair, she decides to explore the mystery of her past.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Balanced
Series
The House of the Spirits Trilogy · Book 2 of 3
Content warnings
- cancer
- terminal illness
- death
- death of parent
- grief
- violence
- war
- medical content
- medical trauma
- sexual content
- sexual violence
- child abuse
- racism
- slavery
- trafficking
- alcoholism
- suicide
- drug addiction
