The Valkyries

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By Paulo Coelho

The story begins in Rio de Janeiro, when Coelho hands his master J. the only manuscript of The Alchemist. Convinced that a curse undoes his work just as it is about to succeed, he is set a task: find his guardian angel and speak with him.

Coelho and his wife Cristina pack their bags and spend forty days in the Mojave Desert, where they meet the Valkyries, a band of women who cross the desert on motorcycles. An autobiographical account that reads as both a desert adventure and a book about forgiving your own past.

First published 1992