Editing Isabel Allende (section)

== Early life==
Allende was born in [[Lima]], [[Peru]], in 1942, the daughter of Francisca Llona Barros called "Doña Panchita" (the daughter of Agustín Llona Cuevas and Isabel Barros Moreira, of [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] descent) and Tomás Allende, who was at the time a second secretary at the Chilean embassy. Her father Tomás was a first cousin of [[Salvador Allende]], President of Chile from 1970 to 1973.<ref name="Review">"Review: The undefeated: A life in writing. Often compared to [[Gabriel García Márquez]], Isabel Allende is more interested in telling stories about her own life, her difficult upbringing, marriage, and her daughter's death.'"Aida Edemariam. ''[[The Guardian]]'' (London) p. 11. 28 April 2007 [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/apr/28/isabelallende.fiction Isabel Allende website]</ref><ref>Christian, Shirley (5 June 1990), "Santiago Journal; Allende's Widow Meditates Anew on a Day in '73", ''[[The New York Times]]''. Section A; p. 4, Column 3; Foreign Atlas.</ref><ref>Ross, Veronica (3 March 2007), ''Sewing didn't cut it for Inés'', ''[[Guelph Mercury]]'' (Ontario, Canada). Books; p. C5.</ref>

In 1945, after Tomás left them,<ref name="Review"/> Isabel's mother relocated with her three children to [[Santiago]], Chile, where they lived until 1953.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ojito|first=Mirta|author-link=Mirta Ojito|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/28/books/a-writer-s-heartbeats-answer-two-calls.html|title=A Writer's Heartbeats Answer Two Calls|date=28 July 2003|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}. The article notes that Allende has been told that her father left them and that due to Chile's anti-divorce laws, Allende's mother could not divorce Tomás. Her mother, 83 when the article was published, and her stepfather, 87 at the time, have lived together for 57 years, but they are still not recognized in Chile as married.</ref><ref name="isabelallende.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.isabelallende.com/roots_timeline_001.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213022500/http://isabelallende.com/roots_timeline_001.htm |title=Isabel Allende |website=Isabelallende.com |access-date=11 November 2017 |quote=''1962'' Isabel marries Miguel Frías.}}</ref> In 1953 Allende's mother married Ramón Huidobro and the family moved often. Huidobro was a diplomat appointed to Bolivia and Beirut. In [[La Paz]], [[Bolivia]], Allende attended an American private school; and in [[Beirut, Lebanon]], she attended an English private school. The family returned to Chile in 1958, where Allende was also briefly home-schooled. In her youth, she read widely, particularly the works of [[William Shakespeare]].<ref>{{Cite book|oclc=793578915|title=Living with Shakespeare : essays by writers, actors, and directors|last=Carson|first= Susannah|year=2013|isbn=978-0-307-74291-9|location=New York}}</ref>

In 1970, Salvador Allende appointed Huidobro as ambassador to Argentina.<ref name="isabelallende.com"/>