Packet 8: Tossup 13

A character in this novel who embroiders the world’s largest tablecloth predicts that her brother will dislocate his hip on a horse. That mermaid-like character (-5[1])in this novel dies from poisoned (15[1])brandy (15[1])in lemonade. The line “Barrabas came to us by sea” (15[3])opens (15[2])this novel, (15[2])which ends as its narrator Alba reveals she is pregnant. This novel, which is set around an hacienda at (*) Tres Marías, (10[1])depicts a romance between Blanca and Pedro Tercero. After the death of the green-haired Rosa the Beautiful in this novel, (10[1]-5[1])Clara del Valle marries Esteban. For 10 points, name this novel centering on the Trueba family by (-5[1])Chilean (10[1])author Isabel Allende. (10[2])■END■ (10[3]0[4])

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