The Virgin Blue (Thorndike Women's Fiction) - Hardcover

Chevalier, Tracy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786257725 ISBN 13: 9780786257720

Publisher: Thorndike Press, 2003

Synopsis

Weaves together the stories of two women in two different centuries--twentieth-century Ella, who dreams in blue when she moves to France, and sixteenth-century Isabelle, Ella's ancestor, who was persecuted as a suspected witch.

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Review:

"Tracy Chevalier's first novel is a triumph. Excellent."

"A beautifully crafted story shot with vivid colors."

"Such an achievement for a serious writer that you feel it deserves an award."

"A vibrant, sumptuous novel...triumphant...A beautifully written tale that mirrors the elegance of the painting that inspired it."

"Entirely successful: distinct, inhabited, vivid, and real."

"A beautifully crafted story shot with vivid colors." --The Times (London)

"Such an achievement for a serious writer that you feel it deserves an award." --The Independent (London)

A beautifully crafted story shot with vivid colors. The Times (London)

Such an achievement for a serious writer that you feel it deserves an award. The Independent (London)

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From the Publisher:

The compelling story of two women, born centuries apart, and the ancestral legacy that binds them.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0786257725
• ISBN 13: 9780786257720
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 443