Conversation: Isabel Allende

"'Island Beneath the Sea'":http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Island-Beneath-Sea-Isabel-Allende/?isbn=9780061988240 is set in the early 19th-century, amid colonial powers and slavery, and a chaotic period in Caribbean history. It also involves two places very much in the news in our own time: Haiti and New Orleans. Author "Isabel Allende":http://www.isabelallende.com/ has been an international best-selling writer since the 1982 publication of "The House of Spirits." **She joined me in our studio to discuss her new novel:**