The Wind Knows My Name

I have read 3 or 4 of Isabel Allende's book and this was another good one. The Wind Knows My Name tells the story of 2 orphan refugees. Samuel was 4, living in Vienna with his mother and father, when war broke out. He was sent by train to Holland and then took a boat to England.  He spent a few years in bad situations until he met a Quaker couple who took him and loved him like a son. His parents were killed in the war. As a boy he was a talented musician. He even took his little violin to England. He studied music. He wanted to learn more about jazz so he moved to New Orleans where he met the woman who would become his wife. They settled in San Francisco and had a daughter. In 2017 in El Salvador a young widow and her nearly blind daughter decide to emigrate to the United States because a local security guard will not leave them alone. He has already shot the young mother. At the border they get separated and the 7 year old nearly blind Anita Diaz is put in some bad situations. A local social worker and a lawyer from San Francisco are trying to help her get out of foster care. Eventually they find a distant aunt living in San Francisco with Samuel as a cook/house keeper. Eventually Anita moves in with her aunt and Samuel and together they share their experiences of war, becoming orphaned, and surviving on hope. This was a great story. Both Samuel and Anita benefitted from their coming together.