With the passion of a woman who truly knows life, Isabel Allende guides her characters through turbulent times. Raised among Hispanics, the gringo Gregory Reeves leads the adventurous life of Mexican immigrants in North America. This novel tells the story of Gregory's inner and outer development, the seemingly tangled pattern of his life, intertwined with the life stories of his family and his American and Mexican friends from such diverse backgrounds, following a hidden principle: the infinite plan.