The main character is traumatized by a rug made from the hide of her dead dog gifted her by her husband, who was formerly engaged to her green-haired sister.  
One character in this work loses three fingers after his secret love affair is revealed by Count Jean de Satigny.  Another character performs an abortion on his brother's girlfriend Amanda, whose socialist brother loves Alba.  At the Red Lantern brothel one of the main characters meets Transito Soto, who uses her influence to free his granddaughter from jail.  The main character is traumatized by a rug made from the hide of her dead dog gifted her by her husband, who was formerly engaged to her green-haired sister.  She was mute for the nine years following Rosa's death, after which she foretold her marriage to Esteban Trueba at age 19.  FTP name this novel about the family of Clara del Valle by Isabel Allende.
One character in this work loses three fingers after his secret love affair is revealed by Count Jean de Satigny.  
The House of the Spirits or La Casa de los Spiritos