The Witch of Portobello

Athena was born in Transylvania to a Romani mother and adopted as a baby by a Lebanese couple. Growing up in Beirut and London, she searches for meaning and for the mother who gave her up. Her search takes her to Dubai and Romania and turns her into a spiritual teacher who draws both followers and enemies. Paulo Coelho tells her story through the voices of the people who knew her, from family and friends to students and skeptics.

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