Books like The Infinite Plan

Gregory Reeves a son of a traveling preacher who settles in the Hispanic section of Los Angeles ,grows up experiencing life as a member of a minority group within the community. Local gang members make his life a nightmare,always attacking him being the only (white) boy in the district. Eventually he finds his way out defending himself,Gregory's life is shaped by a series of events and a lot of tragedies and misery......his serves in the army,and witnessing all the horrors of the war,and the death of his best friend, whom he considers him his brother,and his other half ,and being raped and abused in his childhood ,this and all other sufferings leaves marks on his soul...he loses contact with his children and ruined his marriage...he married for a romantic vision of love,but disappointingly learns that he have mistaken physical beauty for true affection....he finally seeks the help of a psychiatrist ,she helped him to understand himself and know the motivations of his actions...Allende managed to focus on the darker and weaker aspects of his character,but at the same time u can’t help loving him ,understand and be tolerant with all his mistakes......this novel is different from all other Allende previous works....she inspired some of it’s events from the life of her husband...