The virgin blue
Meet Ella Turner and Isabelle du Moulin-two women born centuries apart, yet tied together by a haunting family legacy. When Ella and her husband move to a small town in France, Ella hopes to brush up on her French, qualify to practice as a midwife, and start working on a family of her own. Village life turns out to be less idyllic than she expected, however, and a strange series of events propels her on a quest to uncover her family's French ancestry. As the novel unfolds-alternating between El…
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- Full title :The virgin blue / Tracy Chevalier.
Summary
Meet Ella Turner and Isabelle du Moulin-two women born centuries apart, yet tied together by a haunting family legacy. When Ella and her husband move to a small town in France, Ella hopes to brush up on her French, qualify to practice as a midwife, and start working on a family of her own. Village life turns out to be less idyllic than she expected, however, and a strange series of events propels her on a quest to uncover her family's French ancestry. As the novel unfolds-alternating between Ella's story and that of Isabelle du Moulin four hundred years earlier-a common thread emerges that pulls the lives of the two women together in a most mysterious way. Part detective story, part historical fiction, The Virgin Blue is a novel of passion and intrigue that compels readers to the very last page.
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- Publication Date:2003
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Plume
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2003
The Physical Object
- Description:304 pages ; : 20 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0452284449, 9780452284449
- oclc:ocm51477889
- LC Classification:PS3553.H4367
- Dewey Decimal:813/.54
Table of Contents
The Virgin -- The Dream -- The Flight -- The Search -- The Secrets -- The Bible -- The Dress -- The Farm -- The Chimney -- The Return -- Historical Note.
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