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  • The Witch of Portobello

  • Written by: Paulo Coelho
  • Narrated by: Rita Wolf
  • Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (21 ratings)

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The Witch of Portobello

Written by: Paulo Coelho
Narrated by: Rita Wolf
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Publisher's Summary

How do we find the courage to always be true to ourselves, even if we are unsure of who we are?

The Witch of Portobello is the story of a mysterious woman named Athena, told by the many who knew her well - or hardly at all.

"People create a reality and then become the victims of that reality. Athena rebelled against that - and paid a high price."
-Heron Ryan, journalist

"Athena's great problem was that she was a woman of the 22nd century living in the 21st. 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 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.'"
-Deirdre O'Neil, known as Edda

Like The Alchemist, The Witch of Portobello is the kind of story that will transform the way listeners think about love, passion, joy, and sacrifice.

©2006 Paulo Coelho; 2007 Margaret Jull Costa (P)2007 HarperCollins Publishers

What the critics say

"Best-selling fabulist Coelho continues to transform his trademark combination of mysticism and storytelling into spellbinding examinations of the human soul....Narrated from multiple points of view, the portrait of Athena that emerges is as provocative and spiritually complex." ( Booklist)

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