coup d'?tat, 1973

New York businessman Ed Horman and his daughter-in-law Beth put aside their past differences and work together to find his son, Charles, an American writer and filmmaker who disappeared during a military coup while working in South America.

Discusses the nation of Chile as ruled by Augusto Pinochet, who staged a military coup d'?tat in 1973.

Chilean author Isabel Allende tells her life story, describing the impact of the military coup of 1973, the violent death of her uncle, her move to the U.S., and the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, as well as the influence of memory and nostalgia on her novels.