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HarperCollins
May 2007
On Sale: May 15, 2007
288 pages
ISBN: 006133880X
EAN: 9780061338809
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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.
Among them: "People create a reality and then become the victims of
that reality. Athena rebelled against that—and paid a high
price."
Heron Ryan, journalist "I was used and manipulated by Athena, with no
consideration for my feelings. She was my teacher, charged
with passing on the sacred mysteries, with awakening the
unknown energy we all possess. When we venture into that
unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in those who guide us,
believing that they know more than we do."
Andrea McCain, actress "Athena's great problem was that she was a woman of the
twenty-second century living in the twenty-first, and making
no secret of the fact, either. Did she pay a price? She
certainly did. But she would have paid a still higher price
if she had repressed her natural exuberance. She would have
been bitter, frustrated, always concerned about 'what other
people might think,' always saying, 'I'll just sort these
things out, then I'll devote myself to my dream,' always
complaining 'that the conditions are never quite right.'"
Deidre O'Neill, known as Edda 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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