The Unruly Passions of Eugenie R.
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781455160693 (1455160695)
Publish date: March 1st 2012
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Edition language: English
Eugenie R. was raised in the countryside of France on a farm that produces fois gras. When a handsome and titled man professes his love for her she flees to Paris on the promise that he will soon follow. When he does not show up at their meeting place Eugenie finds herself left to her own devices ...
Carole Desanti colors the pages of this drawn out French-period novel with mountains of purple majesty. The dreaded purple prose, flowery and full of poetic nostalgia, much like Hemingway, works to romanticise the time period, which is muddied by sin and war. The premise of the book has all the mak...
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/264536447
I didn't know what to expect with this book. The bare bones summary is: Eugenie is abandoned by her lover in Paris. Once she realizes this, she does what she has to to survive. She soon realizes she's pregnant and eventually has to give the baby up, determined to get her back again. Along the road o...
3.5 out of 5 starsFull review to follow, but Eugenie was not what I expected.
13 years ago
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