Rent Holy Fools by Joanne Harris Paperback Book

Holy Fools by Joanne Harris Paperback Book

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Rent Holy Fools

Author: Joanne Harris

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Harpercollins

Published: May 2005

Genre: Fiction - Historical - General

Retail Price: $13.99

Pages: 384

Synopsis

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.

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Reviews

BookLender review by Kathryn on 2007-10-11 13:27:53

I am sure it is good, I loved Chocolat, but I just couldn't get into this one. I had a hard to relating to the main character. And it took too long to get to plot. Maybe I will try it again, when I have more of an attention span.