Isabelle Alonso is a

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writer of

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extraction. Her parents were exiled

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, and Alonso became a

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French citizen at the age of eight. She has published a series of books exploring her family history, among them ''L'Exil est mon pays'' (2006), ''Fille de rouge'' (2009) and ''Maman'' (2010).Interview
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