My name is Eva, which means 'life,' according to a book of names my mo…

Isabel Allende
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My name is Eva, which means 'life,' according to a book of names my mother consulted. I was born in the back room of a shadowy house, and grew up amidst ancient furniture, books in Latin, and human mummies, but none of those things made me melancholy, because I came into the world with a breath of the jungle in my memory. ✨ Isabel Allende (1989). Eva Luna, Bantam
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