Holy Fools
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ISBN: 0060559136 / Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, April 2005
Forced to abandon her life as a traveling actress and seek refuge in a seventeenth-century abbey, Juliette reinvents an identity for herself and her young daughter in the wake of political upheavals surrounding the assassination of King Henri IV, only to find her past catching up with her. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.
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Joanne Harris, bestselling author of Chocolat, presents her most accomplished novel yet -- an intoxicating concoction that blends theology and reason, deception and masquerade, with a dash of whimsical humor and a soupçon of sensuality.Britanny, 1610. Juliette, a one-time actress and rope dancer, is forced to seek refuge among the sisters of the abbey of Sainte Marie-de-la-mer. Reinventing herself as Soeur Auguste, Juliette makes a new life for herself and her young daughter, Fleur.But when the kindly abbess dies, Juliette's comfortable existence begins to unravel. The abbey's new leader is the daughter of a corrupt noble family, and she arrives with a ghost from Juliette's past -- Guy LeMerle, a man she has every reason to fear and hate.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
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