![]() ![]() Provincial life, superstition, gossip and malice are precisely caught, and the related women protagonists lodge in the mind. an intriguing and poignant read Read entire review Midwife Isabelle du Moulin is marked as different, by both her red hair and her love for the Virgin Mary in her rich blue robes. a good read: no clichés in sight, a well-made story with characters who walk and talk just the way people do The Independent (London), 1 February 1997 She even changes her name back to Tournier, and learns French. Ella Turner does her best to fit in to the small, close-knit community of Lisle-sur-Tarn. a beautifully crafted story shot with vivid colours Read entire review The compelling story of two women, born four centuries apart, and the ancestral legacy that binds them. ![]() ![]() ![]() Theres a sense of light, colour and sunshine throughout this novel an intriguing mix of detective tale, ghost story and infidelity all rolled into one. Read entire review Part detective story, part historical fiction, The Virgin Blue is a novel of passion and intrigue that compels readers to the very last page. Where Chevalier shines is in her clean prose and her descriptions of rural French and Swiss life, then and now As the novel unfoldsalternating between Ella’s story and that of Isabelle du Moulin four hundred years earliera common thread emerges that unexpectedly links the two women. Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2003 Michael Harris "A smart and well-crafted debut" Read entire review Chicago Sun-Times, 3 August 2003 Thomas Haley ![]()
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