The Infinite Plan
A Novel
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Publisher Description
In The Infinite Plan, critically acclaimed, bestselling author Isabel Allende weaves a vivid and engrossing tale of one man's search for love and his struggle to come to terms with a childhood of poverty and neglect. It is the story of Gregory Reeves and his hard journey from L.A.'s Hispanic barrio to the killing fields of Vietnam to the frenetic world of a San Francisco lawyer. Along the way, he loses himself in an illusory and wrongheaded quest, and only by circling back to his roots can he find what he is missing and what he wants more than anything in life.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
It might seem like an unwieldy task for a book to encompass a character’s entire life—unless it’s from an author as capable as Isabel Allende. The son of a travelling preacher, young Greg Reeves believes there’s a grand design that guides our lives with purpose. But as the brutal years go by, Greg endures so much pain, frustration, and chaos that he comes to believe in nothing at all. Much like she did with A Long Petal of the Sea and The House of the Spirits, Allende crafts Greg’s story over the course of decades, zeroing in on key moments and experiences with a keen eye for detail in even the most harrowing sections. From the visceral trauma of serving in Vietnam to the misguided ambition that leads him into doomed marriages and hollow career pursuits, we feel the fast-changing cultural zeitgeist batter and carry Greg in the same rough waters that shaped his entire generation. In some ways, Greg seems like a figurehead for the late 20th century as a whole. But his story is so incredibly intimate, sometimes it felt like our own.
