The Witch of Portobello - Paulo Coelho

The Witch of Portobello (2006) 181 Pages | PDF | 1.03 MB | RS Book Description: The Witch of Portobello is about a woman born in Transylvania to a Romani mother, who is orphaned and later adopted by a wealthy Lebanese couple. Framed as a set of interviews conducted with those who knew Athena, who is dead as the book opens, the story recounts her birth in Transylvania to a Gypsy mother, her adoption by wealthy Lebanese Christians; her short, early marriage to a man she meets at a London college (one of the interviewees); her son Viorel*s birth; and her stint selling real estate in Dubai. Back in London in the book*s second half, Athena learns to harness the powers that have been present but inchoate within her, and the story picks up as she acquires a teacher