![]() ![]() Only 6 months ago, and yet it feels like a lifetime.Ī Long Petal of the Sea is Isabel Allende’s twentieth novel and, as with many of her works, is based on the true story of a close friend of hers. Isabel Allende probably would not even have embarked on an international promotional tour. ![]() A few weeks later and it would have been cancelled. ![]() Nobody was wearing a face mask nor using hand sanitiser and the Coronavirus seemed like a thing that was happening far away and not at all like a real threat. The excited spectators queued on the stairs, we sat next to strangers and laughed out loud, a microphone was passed around the audience. The evenings were still dark and the weather was cold. I saw Isabel Allende in conversation with Jeanette Winterson at The Dancehouse in Manchester as part of the Manchester Literature Festival. My last live cultural experience before lockdown was introduced in the UK was on February 11th. ![]()
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