by Tracy Chevalier, Karina Zegers de Beijl
This is one of my favorite books, but I totally understand why people wouldn't like it. I never recommend it to anyone because I'm convinced no one else would like it. I find it to be an easy, comforting read. I first read this book in high school, so there is a little nostalgia coloring my view ...
This is the third Tracy Chevalier book I've read. As always, it's a well-written piece. In this outing, we have two stories: those of Isabelle du Moulin and Ella Tournier. They're related, but separated by about 400 years. Sometimes, it feels as though Chevalier is trying to imply that this is a r...
There are some potential spoilers; I tried to keep it intentionally vague.Lovely, fast read - and that was it's problem for me; it was too fast. American couple moves to France for husbands work, check; wife meets possible soul-mate in the local library whilst researching her genealogy (back to the ...
I couldn't finish this one, though I love this author. The cutting back and forth in time is neat, but the contemporary characters fell flat for me. The Girl With The Pearl Earring is so much better.
Brazilliant rated it 1*
This is one novel that, in my estimation, did not live up to the hype. Ella Turner is a recent California transplant, leaving behind Hollywood for the old world European charm of rural France. She and her husband have bought a small home, full of character and charm, in a small town in the French ...
I chose this book solely because I recently read and loved Chevalier's Remarkable Creatures. The Virgin Blue tells the story of two women from the same family born almost two centuries apart. Ella Turner has recently arrived in France from America and struggles to fit in with the culture and peopl...
This is the story of two women, separated by centuries, told in an alternating narrative. One narrative follows Isabelle du Moulin, a 16th century French woman. She is persecuted in her small farming village because of her unusual red hair and knowledge of midwifery. She also secretly holds on to...
Alternating chapters tell the stories of two women, one the distant ancestor of the other, with strange parallels in their lives, exposed as the modern women investigates her ancestry. The modern story does not ring as true - especially the rapidity with which friendships and extended hospitality oc...
I picked this one up off the sale table partly because I loved the Girl With the Pearl Earing by the same author. It was a little different, had an unusual theme to it.
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