The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho sports the orphan Werner grows up

the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister

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The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho sports the orphan Werner grows upA magical little volume.San Francisco Chronicle Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. The Alchemist is such a book. The Alchemist is the story of Santiago, an Audalusian shepherd boy who travels in search of a worldly treasure. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist. The story of the treasures Santiago finds