《波多貝羅的女巫》介紹瞭:雅典娜，一個和智慧女神同名的普通吉蔔賽女子，因為從小錶現齣的異常稟賦而披上神秘的光輝，也因此招緻普遍的懷疑與猜忌。她自由不羈，離經叛道，無懼傳統成見，遠赴東方學習書法，去倫敦波多貝羅街頭迷狂舞蹈……歲月迴溯，碎片重新拼接，通過前夫、神甫、生母、房東、記者、鄰居的眼睛，串成一個尋訪心靈故園的望鄉故事，打開一個鮮為人知的惆悵世界……

How do we find the courage to always be true to ourselves--even if we are unsure of whom we are? That is the central question of international bestselling author Paulo Coelho's profound new work, "The Witch of Portobello." It is the story of a mysterious woman named Athena, told by the many who knew her well--or hardly at all. Among them: ""People create a reality and then become the victims of that reality. Athena rebelled against that--and paid a high price."" Heron Ryan, journalist ""I was used and manipulated by Athena, with no consideration for my feelings. She was my teacher, charged with passing on the sacred mysteries, with awakening the unknown energy we all possess. When we venture into that unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in those who guide us, believing that they know more than we do."" Andrea McCain, actress ""Athena's great problem was that she was a woman of the twenty-second century living in the twenty-first, and making no secret of the fact, either. Did she pay a price? She certainly did. But she would have paid a still higher price if she had repressed her natural exuberance. She would have been bitter, frustrated, always concerned about 'what other people might think, ' always saying, 'I'll just sort these things out, then I'll devote myself to my dream, ' always complaining 'that the conditions are never quite right.'"" Deidre O'Neill, known as Edda Like "The Alchemist," "The Witch of Portobello" is the kind of story that will transform the way readers think about love, passion, joy, and sacrifice.