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| Title | : | Holy Fools |
| Author | : | Joanne Harris |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 368 pages |
| Published | : | February 3rd 2004 by William Morrow (first published 2003) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. France. Romance |
Joanne Harris
Hardcover | Pages: 368 pages Rating: 3.59 | 7685 Users | 488 Reviews
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In the year 1605 a young woman, hiding from her past, takes up the veil becoming Soeur Auguste. Five years later the past has found her and to protect herself and her beloved child she'll have to perform one last act of dazzling daring more audacious than any she has previously attempted.With her internationally bestselling novels Chocolat, Blackberry Wine, Five Quarters of the Orange, and Coastliners, Joanne Harris has woven intoxicating spells that celebrate the sensuous while exposing the passion, secrets and folly beneath the surface of rustic village life. In Holy Fools, her most ambitious and accomplished novel to date, she transports us back to a time of intrigue and turmoil, of deception and masquerade.
In the year 1605, a young widow, pregnant and alone, seeks sanctuary at the small Abbey of Sainte Marie-de-la-mer on the island of Noirs Moustiers off the Brittany coast. After the birth of her daughter, she takes up the veil, and a new name, Soeur Auguste. But the peace she has found in remote isolation is shattered five years later by the events that follow the death of her kind benefactress, the Reverend Mother.
When a new abbess -- the daughter of a corrupt noble family elevated by the murder of King Henri IV -- arrives at Sainte Marie-de-la-mer, she does not arrive alone. With her is her personal confessor and spiritual guide, Père Colombin, a man Soeur Auguste knows all too well. For the newcomer is Guy LeMerle, a charlatan and seducer now masquerading as a priest, and the one man she fears more than any other.
Soeur Auguste has a secret. Once she was l'Ailée, "The Winged One," star performer of a troupe led by LeMerle, before betrayal forced her to change her identity. But now the past has found her. Before long, thanks to LeMerle, suspicion and debauchery are breeding like a plague within the convent's walls -- fueled by dark rumors of witchcraft, part of the false priest's brilliantly orchestrated scheme of revenge. To protect herself and her beloved child, l'Ailée will have to perform one last act of dazzling daring more audacious than any she has previously attempted.
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| Original Title: | Holy Fools |
| ISBN: | 0060559128 (ISBN13: 9780060559120) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | France Noirs Moustiers ,1610(France) |
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Ratings: 3.59 From 7685 Users | 488 ReviewsEvaluate Out Of Books Holy Fools
So, at least I've come to read Joanne Harris' newest book. It was just as great as the previous ones. What is clear is that JH always writes about the same themes: searching for a home, settling down, running away from the past, relationship to dead mother, mystical elements... an so on. This time the book is set in yet an other time, year 1610, but is still in France of course. The main character is called Juliette, and is a former rope-dancer from a circus. She seeks refuge in a remote AbbeyTimes black rosary counts the interminable seconds. In 17th Century France, Soeur Auguste lives a gentle, generous life in the remote island abbey of Sainte Marie-de-la-Mer, together with her daughter, Fleur. She is loved and valued by her sisters in faith, as much for her skills with medicinal plants as for her sweet and kindly nature. But Soeur Auguste is hiding a secret. She is not the impoverished widow of her cover story, but Juliette, a one-time gypsy and circus performer, forced by the
We read this one for book club June 2008. I really enjoyed this book. I liked it better than Chocolat. Harris has a great skill for putting words together. I really like the story and the writing style in this book. I gave it only four stars because the end kind of drove me nuts. The main character is suppose to be this really strong female, and she does something in the end that I think was beyond foolish, and maybe not so realistic.
Magical tale based around one woman's travels and trials in the 17th century. As always Joanna Harris uses colourful prose. You can almost smell the mustiness of the nun's cell and feel the fear as Juliette navigates the high wire.
The isolated convent of Ste. Marie de Mer is an ideal refuge for Juliette, once a gypsy player and the famous acrobat L'Ailee. She has fled to this obscure haven to bear her daughter, Fleur, and to heal from the betrayals of her former life. She most particularly wishes to forget La Merle, the Blackbird, leader of her former troupe, her sometime lover and her betrayer. But all idylls end, and with the death of kind and frail Mere Marie, the elderly abbess, come changes that will profoundly alter
Well written. Joanne Harris tells a tale again that just flows. Her continuity, despite having depth of copy for different time periods within the same novel is superlative. And the foodie details and location placements are marvelous here, as well. But her Juliette and Fleur in the main? They didn't connect with me as much as they did within the former Harris books I have read. It's still an excellent tale and I'm sure quite possible too.But I do find that there is a rather revisionist slant to
Why oh why did I keep reading this book? I thought it would get better and I got caught up in the characters. I regret the time spent! It was interesting yes, the time period of 1610 which I know nothing about. And I got taken in by the mysterious Juliette with her secrets hiding out in an out of the way abbey. I found the writing difficult to follow. The main parts divided into 4 characters. BUT sometimes the narration in those parts was not that character so the reader needed to figure out who
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